Matter | Physics
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Chapter one
Dark Matter
Culture | Earth Science
The Lightning Beneath Our Feet
The strange lights that occur before earthquakes may originate underground.
Biology | Earth Science
Why We’re Drawn Into Darkness
Author Robert MacFarlane on the awe and horror of subterranean places.
Chapter two
Gray Matter
Biology | Neuroscience
Reason Won’t Save Us
It’s time to accept the limits of how we think.
Biology | Psychology
Why You Keep Dreaming About Being Naked
Are the common elements in our dreams the result of basic biology, or something deeper?
Ideas | Technology
The Implant That Can Control Your Brain
This nanoscale device meshes seamlessly with your neurons.
Chapter three
Core Truth
Matter | Astronomy
Rock Solid Evidence for Other Earths
A breakthrough in understanding exoplanets.
Culture | Music
The Necessity of Musical Hallucinations
That song stuck in your head is your brain doing its work.
Ideas | Psychology
The Dreams of the Man Who Discovered Neurons
Santiago Ramón y Cajal recorded his dreams to prove Freud wrong.
Chapter four
Roots
Biology | Environment
Never Underestimate the Intelligence of Trees
Plants communicate, nurture their seedlings, and get stressed.
Culture | Archaeology
Through Fortitude or Stupidity, Lee Berger Is Rewriting Human History
The paleoanthropologist makes no apologies for going his own way.
Biology | Health
Are We Flushing Our Resistance to Antibiotics Down the Drain?
Taking account of the drug-resistant germs turning up in rivers and soils.
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