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Science, Culture, Meaning
Science, Culture, Meaning
with Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser
9/11 and the Rise of the Machines

How that infamous day—and the growth of the internet—changed our world.
Mourning a Museum

When Rio’s Museu Nacional burned down on Sunday, we all lost.
To Unify or Not to Unify?

That’s the big question when it comes to Nature and physics.
The Audacity of Cosmology

Technical details? Check. It’s the philosophical questions that are so vexing.
Eon (or) Flux?

Revisiting an old dispute about whether things are unchangeable . . . or not.
Do You Want to Be a Cyborg?

Ready or not, transhumanism is already upon us.
There Is No Perfect Map

Science meets its limits when trying to map reality.
When Words Fail

Science and experience far exceed the limits of language.
Life Glows On

Finding balance in an age of smartphones, selfies, and imagined stardom.
Paranormal Activity: A Personal Story

Some things in life just can’t be explained. And that’s okay.