13.8 | ORBITER

9/11 and the Rise of the Machines

by Adam Frank | Sep 11, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Human Evolution, Humans

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

by Marcelo Gleiser | Sep 6, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Culture & Belief

When Rio’s Museu Nacional burned down on Sunday, we all lost.

by Marcelo Gleiser | Aug 30, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Nature, Quantum

That’s the big question when it comes to Nature and physics.

by Adam Frank | Aug 28, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Cosmos, Nature

Technical details? Check. It’s the philosophical questions that are so vexing.

by Marcelo Gleiser | Aug 23, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Cosmos, Nature

Revisiting an old dispute about whether things are unchangeable . . . or not.

by Marcelo Gleiser | Aug 16, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Humans, Our Bodies

Ready or not, transhumanism is already upon us.

by Marcelo Gleiser | Aug 9, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Culture & Belief, Philosophy

Science meets its limits when trying to map reality.

Science and experience far exceed the limits of language.

by Marcelo Gleiser | Aug 2, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Human Evolution, Humans

Finding balance in an age of smartphones, selfies, and imagined stardom.

by Marcelo Gleiser | Jul 26, 2018 | 13.8 Blog, Religion

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