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Conversations on the Plurality of World-views: A Response to Peter Harrison’s Some New World
PHILIP BALL | Conflicts can in fact be tremendously fertile, alerting us to areas where more work is needed . . .
Feb 9

Cultural Diversity and Scientific Truth: In Conversation with Philip Ball
PETER HARRISON | Unfortunately, the comforting narratives beloved by scientists fall well short of the standards of historical scholarship.
Feb 9

Google's Willow and the Future of Quantum Computing
PHILIP BALL | I’d put money on quantum computing becoming commercially viable and useful way before fusion does...
Dec 13, 2024

What Does it Mean to be Human? A Conversation with Erika Milam, Part 2
ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | Nobody disagreed on the data. But everybody disagreed on how to interpret the data. . .
Dec 7, 2024

Who Speaks for Science? A Conversation with Erika Lorraine Milam
ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | There is a long tradition, of course, of writing for lay audiences about science...
Nov 8, 2024

The Jane Goodalls: Women in Science Defying the Odds
ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | In the last forty years, Jane Goodall has become a saint of modern environmentalism, an unwavering voice calling. . .
Sep 27, 2024

Biology, the Brain, and the Meaning of Life with Philip Ball
PHILIP BALL | There’s one thing that distinguishes living matter from nonliving matter, it is this notion of agency.
Jun 4, 2024


Biology, the Brain, and the Meanings of Life: Philip Ball in Conversation with Iain McGilchrist
A profound but quiet transformation in biology is changing the way we think about life.
May 10, 2024

Defining Science: Language, Method, and Objectives
NICK SPENCER | The British have never felt a particularly pressing need formally to define science. . .Not so America.
Apr 12, 2024

What Are the Humanities and to What End Does One Study Them?
VITTORIO HÖSLE | Where does the enthusiasm of the 18th century for the humanities come from?
Mar 1, 2024

The Two Scientific Revolutions: A Conversation with Vittorio Hösle
VITTORIO HÖSLE | We must try to develop again a worldview in which scientific and ethical thinking. . .
Feb 16, 2024


Greek Mathematics and the Origins of Science: A Conversation with Vittorio Hösle
VITTORIO HÖSLE | Long into the nineteenth century science and natural philosophy were connected, and that one of the great events in . . .
Feb 2, 2024
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