Biology | Neuroscience
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Chapter one
Hidden
Biology | Technology
“Pop, Pop, Pop.” She Heard Her Brain in Action
Brain-computer interfaces are opening new possibilities.
Culture | Fiction
The Woman Redeemed by Trees
A story about connection by the National Book Award winner.
Chapter two
Useful
Culture | Math
Pick the Statistic You Want to Be
Understanding the odds lets you play with them.
Culture | Linguistics
Is the Chinese Language a Superstition Machine?
How ambiguity in language can create unique taboos.
Numbers | Neuroscience
Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient?
How massive parallelism lifts the brain’s performance above that of AI.
Chapter three
Stand and Be Counted
Matter | Science Practice
How My Nobel Dream Bit the Dust
My team thought we’d proved cosmological inflation. We were wrong.
Matter | Astronomy
The 315-Year-Old Science Experiment
How counting sunspots unites the past and future of science.
Biology | Evolution
Bombers and Pterosaurs Were Both Before Their Time
The evolution of B-2s and lizards.
Chapter four
Hunting
Ideas | History
Another Side of Feynman
Nine letters by Freeman Dyson portray his relationship with the Nobel Laureate.
Biology | Environment
Learning to Speak Shrub
Using molecular codes, plants cry for help, ward off bugs, and save each other.
Biology | Neuroscience
Why Some Sports Fans Have More Fun
How mirror neurons affect the experience of fandom.
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“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
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