Complex systems science allows us to see new paths forward
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Why the empty atom picture misunderstands quantum theory
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How medieval thinkers foreshadowed modern physics in investigating the character of machines, devices and forces
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Promethean beasts - Far from being hardwired to flee fire, some animals use it to their own ends, helping us understand our own pyrocognition
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Women were the unseen healthcare providers of the Middle Ages
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Frames of consciousness - Can electrical impulses in the brain explain the stuff that dreams are made on?
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At the limits of thought: Science today stands at a crossroads--will its progress be driven by human minds or by the machines that we’ve created?
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The golden quarter—Some of our greatest cultural and technological achievements took place between 1945 and 1971. Why has progress stalled?
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Unified theory of evolution
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Why speaking to yourself in the third person makes you wiser
7 votes -
Absolute English - Science once communicated in a polyglot of tongues, but now English rules alone. How did this happen – and at what cost?
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How the body and mind talk to one another to understand the world
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Forging Islamic science
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Truth in stereotypes
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Beauteous beasts - Humans have been breeding animals for beauty for centuries. But should we draw the line at genetically modified pets?
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Going nowhere fast: After the success of the Standard Model, experiments have stopped answering to grand theories. Is particle physics in crisis?
3 votes