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Like today’s large language models, 16th-century humanists had techniques to automate writing – to the detriment of novelty ...
An awe-inspiring look at how scientific knowledge builds upon itself gradually – one ingenious measurement at a time ...
The weird paradox of Schrödinger’s cat has found a lasting popularity. What does it mean for the future of quantum physics?
That’s us.’ From Pale Blue Dot (1994) by Carl Sagan. Photo courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech But what, exactly, should we make of ...
Peel back the visible and invisible layers of brilliance in one artist’s clever self-portraits juxtaposing East and West ...
When AI takes over the practice of science we will likely find the results strange and incomprehensible. Should we worry?
After a murderous kidnapping in Nigeria, I launched a campaign to put a stop to the abductions. Why did no one listen?
In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really?
In the aftermath of a head injury, Nick’s mind is split between his old self and a strange new self he doesn’t know ...
Is it wicked to take a pleasure in spring?’ George Orwell’s postwar ode to the toad offers a message ripe for our times ...
Watch as two craftspeople use 19th-century methods and tools to turn a tree on Norway’s coast into a rowing boat ...
Condemned to death by firing squad, French resistance fighters put pen to paper. Their dying words can teach us how to live ...