
You Really Can Learn in Your Sleep
Experimental techniques demonstrate how to strengthen memories when our brains are off-line

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You Really Can Learn in Your Sleep
Experimental techniques demonstrate how to strengthen memories when our brains are off-line

How Cooperating Microbes Shaped Life on Earth
Microbial partnerships turn out to be more common and influential than scientists could have ever imagined

The Search for the Most Distant Galaxies in the Universe
Astronomers have found some of the most distant galaxies in the universe, opening a window on a previously unknown period of cosmic history

Geometry versus Gerrymandering
Mathematicians are developing statistical forensics to identify districts that disenfranchise voters

The Science of Inequality
How high economic inequality negatively impacts nearly every aspect of human well-being—as well as the health of the biosphere

The American Economy Is Rigged
And what we can do about it

How Economic Inequality Inflicts Real Biological Harm
The growing gulf between rich and poor inflicts biological damage on bodies and brains

Algorithms Designed to Fight Poverty Can Actually Make It Worse
How algorithms designed to alleviate poverty can perpetuate it instead

How Economic Inequality Harms the Environment
Power imbalances facilitate environmental degradation—and the poor suffer the consequences

How the Trust Trap Perpetuates Inequality
Corruption, distrust and inequality reinforce one another in a destructive loop

The Harm That Data Do
Paying attention to how algorithmic systems impact marginalized people worldwide is key to a just and equitable future