Scientists need more time to think.
Ted Chiang on why A.I. isn't going to make art.
The sculptor of flight. With deep respect for his subjects—from birds to borders—Constantin Brâncuși got to the essence of their movement. My review of the Brâncuși retrospective at the Centre Pompidou.
How colorful ribbon diagrams became the face of proteins.
On cancer and desire by Annie Ernaux.
Monumental proof settles geometric Langlands conjecture.
Riccardo Tisci on his next moves.
Queen’s Brian May on saving badgers — and the scientific method.
An integrated theory of false insights and beliefs under psychedelics.
Five new ways to catch gravitational waves — and the secrets they’ll reveal. Observatories, experiments and techniques are being developed to spot ripples in space-time at frequencies that currently can’t be detected.
Was Jan van Eyck a painter of visionary experience or of life here on earth?
Western diets and chronic diseases. "Today, the Western-style diet emerges as a key stimulus for gut microbial vulnerability, chronic inflammation and chronic diseases, affecting mainly the cardiovascular system, systemic metabolism and the gut. Here we review the diet of modern times and evaluate the threat it poses for human health by summarizing recent epidemiological, translational and clinical studies."
What can tiling patterns teach us?
How space is represented in the brain.
Donald MacKenzie on what your smartphone knows about you.
Sensational proof delivers new insights into prime numbers.
Why concepts are (probably) vectors. Or rather: why concepts can be modeled as vectors.
Blood tests could soon predict your risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Loss of plasticity in deep continual learning.
AI produces gibberish when trained on too much AI-generated data.
Your brain on shrooms. How psilocybin resets neural networks.
How America’s fastest swimmers use math to win gold.