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The rise of fascism shaped Schrödinger’s cat fable.

Robots competing in open, physical environments produce familiar behaviors.

A few years ago, I became aware of serious problem in science: the irreproducibility crisis. A group of researchers at Amgen, an American pharmaceutical company, attempted to replicate 53 landmark cancer discoveries in close collaboration with the authors. Many of these papers were published in high-impact journals and came from prestigious academic institutions. To the […]

Hydrothermal vent models transform the origins of life from unlikely to near-inevitable.

The science historian talks to Nautilus.

Lightning is the flash and rumble of an electron swarm leaping across the sky. With extravagant swiftness it moves through a cloud, from one cloud to another, or between a cloud and the ground, millions of times every day. The role of lightning in the world’s affairs is much more substantial than its ephemerality might […]

The stories have become all too familiar in Japan, though people often do their best to ignore them. An elderly or middle-aged person, usually a man, is found dead, at home in his apartment, frequently right in his bed. It has been days, weeks, or even months since he has had contact with another human […]

The remarkable science that helped me understand what it means to be a physicist.

Despite the hyperbole, private funding is changing the science of aging for the better.

The productive, bizarre career of Nobel laureate and early aging researcher Elie Metchnikoff.