Author: Holly Fortini

Making a mistake on a science exam is bad. So is publishing a paper with flawed reasoning. But what about being fallible in the first place? That, says David Deutsch, should be embraced. Deutsch is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a pioneer in quantum computing, and a popular science book author. He is also […]

Why the recent global warming hiatus may have ended.

Talking sex, brains, and commitment with the best-selling scientist of love.

By gently squeezing maladjusted foals, veterinary researcher John Madigan recreates the experience of traveling through the birth canal, lowering the levels of certain neurosteroids and “waking up” the young horses.Joe Proudman / UC Davis As a toxicologist at the University of California, Davis, Isaac Pessah focuses on how different molecules regulate human brain function and […]

Why the singularity is greatly exaggerated.

Engineer Joshua Pearce explains how to feed 7 billion people after a global catastrophe.

How the moon stirs tension between your conscious and subconscious minds.

Funding drug development for rare cancers can hurt patients.

Want to spin your data? Here’s how.

You can have a very high IQ and be a complete idiot.