Two new books—one on quantum physics, one on Thomas Kuhn—seek to reestablish the authority of reason and evidence.

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Earlier this week a friend of mine was talking about nerd culture, and was surprised when I mentioned that I don’t like it. I avoid nerd culture and, despite being the exact target demographi…

When someone says “military grade” anything, remember that classified documents were stolen from an open FTP server run by a guy who’d just received his military issued cyber security awareness award.

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New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called “octonions.”…

In the wake of the recent Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, it

A new Munker illusion, which I call confetti. All the dots in the background are the same color (RGB 250, 219, 172) but are perceived as four different colors. The differences are subtle, though, and depend on the size of the image when it's viewed. cc @AkiyoshiKitaoka

Disciplines such as business and economics often rely on the assumption of rationality
when explaining complex human behaviours. However, growing evidence suggests that
behaviour may concurrently be influenced by infectious microorganisms. The protozoan
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Achievements in intracortical brain-machine interfaces are compromised by limitations in long-term performance and information transfer rate. A biological intermediary between devices and the brain based on synaptic integration may offer a specificity and…

The personal computers in science fiction books, movies, and games are way cooler than the dinky pieces of hardware we’re stuck with in the real world. Granted the modern laptop has a bit mor…