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Mind & Human Nature

What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Embodiment •
Consciousness •
Artificial Intelligence •
Neuroscience •
Psychology •
Materialism •
Human Sexuality •
All

Review | Fall 2019

Fall 2019

  • Charles T. Rubin

The Ancients’ Tech Anxiety

On the shallowness of reading mythology as sci-fi

Charles T. Rubin

Special Report | Fall 2016

Fall 2016

Sexuality and Gender

Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences
Preface
Executive Summary
Introduction
Part One: Sexual Orientation
Part Two: Sexuality, Mental Health Outcomes, and Social Stress
Part Three: Gender Identity
Conclusion
Errata
Frequently Asked Questions

Special Issue | Winter 2017

Winter 2017

Information, Matter, and Life

Why Information Matters
The Limits of Information
The Time of Our Lives
What Is It Like to Know?
Evolution and the Purposes of Life
The Use and Abuse of ‘Information’ in Biology
Mind Games
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Essay | Summer 2019

Summer 2019

  • Ian Marcus Corbin

Analog Anchors for the Online Adrift

How Moleskine sells durability to ephemeral selves

Ian Marcus Corbin

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Essay | Summer 2019

Summer 2019

  • Kirsten A. Hall

Crusoe at the Crossroads

On Robinson Crusoe, Lost, New Atlantis, and why we keep returning to mysterious islands where science blurs with the supernatural

Kirsten A. Hall

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Yoni Wilkenfeld

Can Chess Survive Artificial Intelligence?

Computers are taking the error out of human chess — and the adventure.

Yoni Wilkenfeld

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Essay | Spring 2019

Spring 2019

  • Heather Zeiger

Our Uneasy Tranquility

American use of anti-anxiety pills has skyrocketed. Should we be worried?

Heather Zeiger

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Review | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • David Kordahl

Steven Weinberg Glimpses the Promised Land

The sage of physics takes on politics and philosophy — and dreams of science’s last day

David Kordahl

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Essay | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • Charles T. Rubin

Robotic Souls

Will AI contain multitudes? Do we?

Charles T. Rubin

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Essay | Winter 2019

Winter 2019

  • Jon Askonas

How Tech Utopia Fostered Tyranny

Authoritarians’ love for digital technology is no fluke — it’s a product of Silicon Valley’s “smart” paternalism

Jon Askonas

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