An expedition to find rare hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Mid-Atlantic uncovers new worlds—and some daredevil shrimp.
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Invisible cloaks. Ghost imaging. Scientists are manipulating light in ways that were once only science fiction.
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These bizarre beliefs are strikingly prevalent across a diversity of cultures. Why?
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The winner of 2023’s Best Illusion of the Year contest on the nature of science and magic.
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A thought experiment plumbs archaeology and geology to ask whether our own species will leave a trace.
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On the day that Russia attacked Ukraine, 24 February 2022, I was with my friend and colleague Tuomas Forsberg (TF) at the gym swimming as we do every now and then. We discussed the war and, above all, whether it could have been avoided and how. Over the years, we have had countless similar conversations. Although we have many joint interests, our theoretical research orientations as well as general political orientations are somewhat different. One of our agreements concerns the relevance of the dialectical method. As we both consider that arguments have to be formed in relation to other, alternative interpretations, we thought that perhaps we could try writing a systematic analysis of the causes of the war following the dialogue format. This resulted in a book Debating the War in Ukraine. Counterfactual Histories and Possible Futures published in December 2022 (available open access). The book is now followed by a special forum of Globalizations, “War in Ukraine: Future Possibilities”, published in July 2023, which includes our “The shape of things to come: a further dialogue” (also available open access).
Nuclear winter is scary as hell. Spread the word.
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Caterpillars are a remarkable bellwether of environmental changes.
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The 20th century’s deadliest pandemic launched medical thinking in a dramatically new direction.
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It’s not that we like EVs more. They’re just way better now.
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