Cognition
Flashback: My Report on First Consciousness Powwow in Tucson. How Far Has Science Come Since Then?
Legendary 1994 meeting featured neural, quantum, chaotic and information-based theories of consciousness, and so does 2016 meeting.
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Critical views of science in the news
The Sciences
Scott Aaronson Answers Every Ridiculously Big Question I Throw at Him
Quantum-computer whiz riffs on simulated universes, the Singularity, unified theories, P/NP, the mind-body problem, free will, why there’s something rather than nothing, and more.
Behavior
Meta-Post: Horgan Posts on Psychedelics
“Cross-check” columns on psychedelic drugs, mystical experiences and related topics.
Engineering
What's So Great about Innovation?
Technological innovation, which is worshipped in modern culture, can do more harm than good.
Evolution
Japanese Study Deals Another Blow to Deep-Roots Theory of War
An analysis of skeletons reveals that violence was rare among hunter–gatherers in prehistoric Japan
Neuroscience
The Singularity and the Neural Code
Bionic convergence and psychic uploading won’t be possible unless we crack the neural code, science’s hardest problem.
Aerospace
Are Drone Strikes Really Making Us Safer?
Former CIA chief Michael Hayden defends drone attacks, but critics fear they may do more harm than good.
Mind & Brain
Psychology's Ongoing Credibility Crisis
New studies have intensified the debate over psychology’s “reproducibility" problems.
Mind & Brain
AI Visionary Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Singularity, Bayesian Brains and Closet Goblins
“Decision theorist” Eliezer Yudkowsky spells out his idiosyncratic vision of the Singularity.
Environment
Meta-Post: Horgan Posts on Climate Change, Nuclear Energy and Other Green Topics
Cross-Check columns on global warming, “water wars,” nuclear energy, fracking and related issues
Blog Index
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Anecdotes from the Archive
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Anthropology in Practice
Exploring the human condition.
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Beautiful Minds
Insights into intelligence, creativity, personality, and well-being
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Budding Scientist
Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Cross-Check
Critical views of science in the news
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Dark Star Diaries
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Dog Spies
Explore the science behind the dog in your bed
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Extinction Countdown
News and research about endangered species from around the world
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Eye of the Storm
The Science Behind Extreme Weather
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Frontiers for Young Minds
Science by and for kids ages 8-15
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Commentary invited by editors of Scientific American
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Hot Planet
Climate science in a changing world
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Illusion Chasers
Illusions, Delusions, and Everyday Deceptions
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Life, Unbounded
Discussion and news about planets, exoplanets, and astrobiology
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Observations
Opinion, arguments & analyses from guest experts and from the editors of Scientific American
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Roots of Unity
Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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Rosetta Stones
Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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SA Visual
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Talking back
STAFFA science blog, sans blague
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The Artful Amoeba
A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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Voices
Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
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