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I get constantly asked if I could please comment on other people’s theories of everything. That could be Garrett Lisi’s E8 theory or Eric Weinstein’s geometric unity or Stephen Wolfram’s...

The COVID-19 pandemic was some epidemiologist’s nightmare when Adam Kucharski was writing Rules of Contagion. Released this week, the book, which includes brief mentions of the encroaching COVID-19 storm, draws...

World War II bomber planes returned from their missions riddled with bullet holes. The first response was, not surprisingly, to add armor to those areas most heavily damaged. However, the...

How much would you pay to prevent your own child becoming blind?Photograph by 1000Photography / ShutterstockLast fall Fiery Cushman, the director of the Moral Psychology Research Lab at Harvard, and...

In the interplay between behavioral science and policy, puffs of smoke abound.Photo illustration by metamorworks / ShutterstockIn March the United Kingdom curiously declined to impose significant social distancing measures in...

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A new study on whale sharks reveals the existence of tiny teeth-like structures covering the eyes. These features are thought to be used as protection against abrasion, acting as a...

Marine biologists have discovered a new species of the shark genus Squalus in the tropical waters off southern Japan. The Shirai’s spurdog (Squalus shiraii): lateral (A-C) and ventral (D, E)...