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🌱 Where are we now?

A final update on what we're working on next!

Perception

Octopus Dreams

Unless they tell us, how can we know what someone else feels—or if they feel anything at all?

immortality

Waiting for Immortality

Will it be God or science which finally allows us to live forever? Perhaps time, and patience, will tell.

science

Superconductors

The search for room-temperature zero-resistance materials.

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science

immortality

Waiting for Immortality

Will it be God or science which finally allows us to live forever? Perhaps time, and patience, will tell.

science

Superconductors

The search for room-temperature zero-resistance materials.

war

Shrapnel and Stones

Can politics coexist with science? Sometimes, we have to make a choice.

Moon

Moon-struck

The moon has had an impact on art and science alike. What makes this luminous blob so enticing?

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history

Art

Buttersworthless?

A quick brush through art fraud.

technology

Mouse with a Human Ear

Fixing machines is easy; fixing living creatures is hard. Or is it the other way round?

food

Milk Unspoiled

How do you know your food is fresh? It started with Al Capone.

Roads

Kerb Appeal

A road is made, but a route is found: here’s how the threshold’s cousin steps up the roadside game.

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psychology

philosophy

A Man of Contentment

Does satisfaction depend on what you have—or on how you think about it?

psychology

A Restful Trance

What link exists between hypnotic drugs, sleep-related issues and hypnosis?

Reading

Escape This World

Why do I find it so much easier to read fanfiction than new fiction?

Mind without Brain

A Conscious Start

Did consciousness arise from the physical world—or was it the other way round? Here's what (and how) we think today.

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culture

Copyright

Shiva, Veera, or Both

Oral traditions, the new hit song, and the fine line between inspiration and exploitation.

food

A Bit of Pizza

How a quest for Neapolitan pizza became a crypto-traditional discovery.

Art

Graffiti

The words of the prophet are written on the subway walls.

philosophy

A Man of Contentment

Does satisfaction depend on what you have—or on how you think about it?

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technology

science

Superconductors

The search for room-temperature zero-resistance materials.

Language

Purely out of Language

Language can influence the way you think. But do robots think?

technology

Mouse with a Human Ear

Fixing machines is easy; fixing living creatures is hard. Or is it the other way round?

Birds

Sings Who?

Shazam helps you identify and discover new music. But what about identifying and discovering new birds?