308 | Alison Gopnik on Children, AI, and Modes of Thinking
We often study cognition in other species, in part to learn about modes of thinking that are different from our […]
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AMA | March 2025
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307 | Kevin Peterson on the Theory of Cocktails
A lot of science goes into crafting the perfect cocktail. Balancing sweet and bitter notes, providing the right amount of
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306 | Helen Czerski on Our Energetic Oceans
It is commonplace to refer to the Earth’s oceans as vast and largely unexplored. But we do understand some aspects,
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305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology
Political outcomes would be relatively simple to predict and understand if only people were well-informed, entirely rational, and perfectly self-interested.
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Bonus | Cuts to Science Funding and Why They Matter
The Trump administration, led by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, has proposed sweeping cuts to spending on
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304 | James Evans on Innovation, Consolidation, and the Science of Science
It is a feature of many human activities – sports, cooking, music, interpersonal relations – that being able to do
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AMA | February 2025
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303 | James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System
A typical human lifespan is approximately three billion heartbeats in duration. Lasting that long requires not only intrinsic stability, but
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302 | Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution
Randomness plays an important role in the evolution of life (as my evil twin will tell you). But random doesn’t
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