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The increasingly complex border between science and society is changing both.

Henri Bergson’s debate with Albert Einstein reached and swayed the 1921 Nobel committee.

Physics is not just what happens in the Department of Physics.

Some metaphors end up forgotten by all but the most dedicated historians, while others lead long, productive lives. It’s only a select few, though, that become so entwined with how we understand the world that we barely even recognize them as metaphors, seeing them instead as something real. Of course, why some fizzle and others […]

One biologist’s love for science got kickstarted by snakes.

Richard Loveless believes trans-disciplinary collaborations can inspire creativity and pioneer new ways of thinking. That’s why, in 1991, he became the founding Director of the Institute for Studies in the Arts, a premiere arts research group in the College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University. During his nine-year tenure, he’s funded over 200 projects […]

One girl’s scientific coming of age.

Kirk Johnson’s mom gave him 5 minutes at a rest stop. It was enough to find an arrowhead.

The people pushing themselves to the moral limit.