Author: Anthony Mariano

The more science knows, the more rich and mysterious the world becomes.

Atul Gawande sits across from me in a cafe in Berkeley, California, sipping an Izze fruit drink and trying to catch his breath. He just came from an appearance across the bay, in San Francisco, and is soon headed to a radio interview down the street, followed by a drive via the Golden Gate […]

Is there more to our experience of time than the foibles of memory?

The tricks they play would make Darwin blush.

In a world full of ambiguity, we see what we want to see.

To adults learning a second language, it hardly seems fair: As they stumble their way through conjugation drills, fret over grammar textbooks, and fill in worksheets on constructing subordinate clauses, their children sop up the language while finger painting at preschool. Within months, correct syntax pours itself out of the tykes’ mouths, involving no […]

Pianist Vijay Iyer gives us a master class in the science of rhythm.

For these scientists, success and fame did not come in equal measure.

Gamers are giving scientists insights into how people react to a plague.

How a new technology is resurrecting patients from what was once certain death.