Ideas | Philosophy
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Chapter one
Time
Ideas | Art
The Smaller the Theater, the Faster the Music
Composer Philip Glass talks time with painter Fredericka Foster.
Biology | Psychology
When Bad Things Happen in Slow Motion
Is there more to our experience of time than the foibles of memory?
Biology | Neuroscience
What Time Feels Like When You’re Improvising
The neurology of flow states.
Chapter two
Context
Numbers | Artificial Intelligence
We Need to Save Ignorance From AI
In an age of all-knowing algorithms, how do we choose not to know?
Culture | Health
Why Living in a Poor Neighborhood Can Change Your Biology
The sheer stress of an environment contributes to obesity and diabetes.
Ideas | Art
Making Time Machines From Taxi Meters
A sculptor explains how his art upends time.
Chapter three
Senses
Culture | Sociology
What a Russian Smile Means
How culture and history make American and Russian smiles different.
Culture | Neuroscience
Composing Your Thoughts
Music that upsets expectations is what makes your gray matter sing.
Ideas | Art
The Spacetime of Fine Art
For the painter Matthew Phillips, past, present, and future meet at the tip of a brush.
Chapter four
Culture
Culture | Psychology
Should You Tell Everyone They’re Honest?
People try to live up to their labels.
Biology | Neuroscience
The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber
Alex Honnold doesn’t experience fear like the rest of us.
Ideas | Art
The Rhythm of Sculpture
How science has informed one sculptor’s view of time.
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Matter
The Young Milky Way Collided With a Dwarf Galaxy
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Matter
Why Enceladus’ Ice Is Part of the Climate Change Conversation
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Matter
How Nuclear Explosions Were Used to Save the Environment
In the late spring of 2010, the world watched, often in real time, a new kind of environmental disaster unfold: An oil rig operating deep under the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico exploded,…
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Culture
Taking Another Person’s Perspective Doesn’t Help You Understand Them
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