New Scientist

When did we start writing?

February 17, 2019

In The Origin of (almost) Everything, Graham Lawton and his colleagues at New Scientist explain what happened immediately after the Big Bang occurred. “Around 13.8 billion years ago matter, energy, time and space spontaneously sprang from nothing in the event…

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When did people start living in cities?

February 13, 2019

  In The Origin of (almost) Everything, Graham Lawton and his colleagues at New Scientist explain what happened immediately after the Big Bang occurred. “Around 13.8 billion years ago matter, energy, time and space spontaneously sprang from nothing in the…

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The Origin of (almost) Everything: A book review by Bob Morris

January 14, 2019

The Origin of (almost) Everything Graham Lawton and his colleagues at New Scientist Nicholas Brealey (October 2018) Once upon a time…give or take a few million years As I began to read this book, I asked myself “Why hasn’t someone…

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The Brain’s Crowdsourcing Software

December 7, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Alison Gopnik for the Wall Street Journal. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Image credit: Magoz * * * Over the…

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We Are One With the Sun

July 29, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Josie Glausiusz in which she explains that, during the summer Soltice in England, she realized that we are all one with the Sun and “we” includes druids as well as…

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Thinking in Network Terms: A Conversation with Albert-lászló Barabási

July 15, 2013

Here is a portion of the transcript of Albert-lászló Barabási‘s conversation with John Brockman, founder and editor-in-chief of Edge.org. To watch the video and/or read the entire transcript, please click here. * * * One question that fascinated me in…

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HOW CULTURE DROVE HUMAN EVOLUTION

March 21, 2013

Here is another in the CONVERSATIONS AT EDGE series, in this instance a conversation with Joseph Henrich. As he explains, “The main questions I’ve been asking myself over the last couple years are broadly about how culture drove human evolution.…

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