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The Great Matrix of Being
The ten dimensions in the Great Matrix of Being give us ten ways of measuring reality — by size,…
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The Big Book on Big History: An Illuminated Manuscript
Dorling Kindersley Books (DK) recently published a four-hundred-page textbook on Big History with spectacular illustrations and content. This twenty-first...
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Science’s Humanities Gap
In his recent sermon to humanists, “Science Is Not Your Enemy,” the psychologist Steven Pinker makes an impressive plea...
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Putting Time in Perspective
Putting Time In Perspective is a series of timelines posted on WaitButWhy.com. Informative and fun, start with your morning...
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The Science of Big Science
Science is getting bigger. Just about every scientific discipline — astronomy, conservation, drug development, genetics, neuroscience, physics — is...
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Miraculous Conception: Are Planets Forming Without Stars?
One of the most remarkable discoveries about exoplanets—planets that exist outside of our solar system—is that some of them...
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Parallel Worlds
Andy Murray’s unexpectedly strong start against Roger Federer in the Wimbledon 2012 final put the Daily Telegraph columnist Matthew...
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Gorgeous Glimpses of Calamity
"Welcome to the Anthropocene." That is the message of a stunning collection of satellite images recently compiled by the...
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Four Reasons You Shouldn’t Exist
You’re almost unfathomably lucky to exist, in almost every conceivable way. Don’t take it the wrong way. You, me,...
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Are We Martians After All?
If you looked in a mirror this morning, you may have seen a descendant of creatures from Mars. That...