Culture | History
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Chapter one
Dreams
Matter | Physics
When Einstein Tilted at Windmills
The young physicist’s quest to prove the theories of Ernst Mach.
Matter | Physics
The Synchronicity of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung
How the theoretical physicist and analyst came together and then apart.
Chapter two
Realities
Matter | Physics
A Supermassive Lens on the Constants of Nature
What this year’s Nobel-winning discovery of the black hole at our galaxy’s center reveals.
Ideas | History
Do You Know These Scientific Pioneers?
10 great minds that should have been in your science textbooks.
Culture | Health
A Model for a Just COVID-19 Vaccination Program
The pandemic exposed racial injustice in healthcare. Vaccine distribution must not.
Chapter three
Universe
Matter | Physics
Time Flows Toward Order
Revisiting the gospel of the second law of thermodynamics.
Culture | Memoir
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives
Meet the inspiring people—none named Einstein—who helped these scientists find their calling.
Biology | Neuroscience
Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV
Is memorizing a string of words a key to what makes the human brain unique?
Chapter four
Senses
Culture | History
What Did the Past Smell Like?
Get a whiff of a new sensory experience in history.
Ideas | Technology
Toys Are the Future of Philosophy
Playthings shouldn’t confine kids but allow them to ask, What if?
Culture | Health
How to Build Trust in Covid-19 Vaccines
Why people distrust vaccines and how they can be convinced otherwise.
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