The Universe in 90 minutes: Time, free will, God, & more | Sean Carroll
Everything you ever wanted to know about parallel universes, time, entropy, free will and more, explained by physicist Sean Carroll.
24 huge questions about psychedelics | Dr. Matthew Johnson
Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.
The ‘alpha male’ myth, debunked | Frans de Waal
Primatologist Frans de Waal inadvertently popularized the term ‘alpha male.’ Now, he’s debunking common stereotypes to explain what an ‘alpha male’ really is – empathetic and protective.
Meet the mycologists aiming to illuminate the hidden world of fungi
A new nonprofit, the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, is on a mission to illuminate the hidden world of fungi beneath our feet. Gabriel Popkin, a contributing correspondent, joined these researchers on their inaugural sampling expedition in Patagonia. The researchers hope to map the global distribution of mycorrhizal fungi with a network of […]
The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity | Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of… dead grandmothers? Sabine Hossenfelder investigates life’s big questions through the lens of physics, particularly Einstein’s theory of special relativity. She highlights the relativity of simultaneity, which states that the notion of «now» is subjective and dependent on the observer. This leads to the block universe concept, where past, present, […]
The 5 core principles of life | Nobel Prize-winner Paul Nurse
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Nurse defines the 5 core principles of life. What is the essence of being alive? This is the question that geneticist and cell biologist Paul Nurse dissects in his book What Is Life? At the core of life is the cell — an entity that can grow, divide, and reproduce. Using […]