Pushing Atoms
Scientists have determined how much force it takes to move a single atom.
Archaeological Digs
A listener asks: When archaeologists uncover ancient cities, why do they have to dig so deep?
Animal Roundup
Beaver dams help conserve water and scientists discover a behemoth amongst frogs.
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Math & The Brain: The geometry of hallucinations, teaching computers regret, schizophrenia and …
Brainwaves & Schizophrenia
Mental illness alters brainwaves during neural processing.
Modeling Regret
Computer models simulate human behavior better when they learn to regret.
Lost City Vent
An unusual deep-sea vent may have churned out the first seeds of life.
Brain Geometry
When we hallucinate, what we see may actually be the architecture of our own brains.