
By the Time Science Can Pin Hurricanes on Global Warming, Will It Be Too Late?
We don't have time for scientists to gather definitive evidence linking climate change to big storms
We don't have time for scientists to gather definitive evidence linking climate change to big storms
The FDA just approved the first gene therapy for sale, but such therapies remain far from fulfilling their early promise
A new book argues that meditation can benefit us individually and globally
There is nothing admirable about a white male arguing that white males are biologically more fit for jobs in tech
Nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein also speaks out on nuclear terrorism, proliferation, modernization, eradication and civil defense
The biologist and atheist, whose latest book was released this week, talks about the reliability of science, artificial intelligence, religion and the president
If Kuhn had “never lived,” there “might still be a President Donald Trump”
Shannon, a pioneer of artificial intelligence, thought machines can think but doubted they "would take over”
Harvard’s Richard Wrangham and Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky clash over claim that war has deep evolutionary roots
Psychiatrist John Halpern discusses the psychotherapeutic potential of peyote, ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA and other psychedelics
A journalist exploring psychedelics’ therapeutic potential participates in a ceremony of the Native American Church
Science journalist Gary Taubes weighs in on PSA tests and mammograms
Physicians are still recommending the blood test for prostate cancer even though it harms far more men than it helps
Big-picture biologist Tyler Volk talks about his book on “How We Came to Be”
Scholars debate filmmaker Errol Morris’s attack on Kuhn’s influential philosophy of science
Intellectuals defend the value of being intellectuals.
Filmmaker Errol Morris claims Kuhn’s critique of science paved the way for a post-truth presidency
Physicists battle over whether the theory of inflation is untestable, and hence not really scientific
Scientists and philosophers doubt the ancient claim that vigorous examination of yourself and others makes you a better person
Physicist, mathematician and blogger Peter Woit whacks strings, multiverses, simulated universes and “fake physics”
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