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Sean Carroll's Mindscape — 426 episodes

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353 | Alvin Roth on the Economics of Morally Contested Markets

2

AMA | May 2026

3

352 | Bing Brunton on Connecting the Connectome to the Body

4

351 | Peter Singer on Maximizing Good for All Sentient Creatures

5

350 | J. Eric Oliver on the Self and How to Know It

6

AMA | April 2026

7

349 | Daniel Harlow on What Quantum Gravity Teaches Us About Quantum Mechanics

8

348 | Jessica Riskin on Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Life as Creative Agency

9

347 | Andrew Guthrie Ferguson on How Your Data Will Be Used Against You

10

346 | Erica Cartmill on How Human and Animal Minds Think and Play

11

AMA | March 2026

12

345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe

13

344 | Adam Gurri on Liberal Democracy and How to Fight For It

14

343 | Tom Griffiths on The Laws of Thought

15

AMA | Feb 2026

16

342 | Rachell Powell on Evolutionary Convergence, Morality, and Mind

17

341 | Stewart Brand on Maintenance as an Organizing Principle

18

340 | Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on What Matters and Why It Matters

19

339 | Ned Block on Whether Consciousness Requires Biology

20

Holiday Message 2025 | The Romance of the University

21

AMA | December 2025

22

338 | Ryan Patterson on the Physics of Neutrinos

23

337 | Kevin Zollman on Game Theory, Signals, and Meaning

24

336 | Anil Ananthaswamy on the Mathematics of Neural Nets and AI

25

AMA | November 2025

26

335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe

27

334 | Daniel Whiteson on the Physics of and by Aliens

28

333 | Gordon Pennycook on Unthinkingness, Conspiracies, and What to Do About Them

29

332 | Dmitri Tymoczko on the Mathematics Behind Music

30

AMA | October 2025

31

331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse

32

330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information

33

329 | Steven Pinker on Rationality and Common Knowledge

34

328 | Mary Roach on Replacing Parts of Our Bodies

35

AMA | September 2025

36

327 | Cass Sunstein on Liberalism

37

326 | Natalie Batalha on What We Know and Will Learn About Exoplanets

38

325 | Alvy Ray Smith on Pixar, Pixels, and the Great Digital Convergence

39

324 | Elizabeth Mynatt on Universities and the Importance of Basic Research

40

AMA | August 2025

41

323 | Jacob Barandes on Indivisible Stochastic Quantum Mechanics

42

322 | Philip Pettit on Language, Agency, Politics, and Freedom

43

321 | David Tong on Open Questions in Quantum Field Theory

44

AMA | July 2025

45

320 | Solo: Complexity and the Universe

46

319 | Bryan Van Norden on Philosophy From the Rest of the World

47

318 | Edward Miguel on the Developing Practice of Development Economics

48

317 | Nicole Rust on Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders

49

AMA | June 2025

50

316 | Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper

51

315 | Branden Fitelson on the Logic and Use of Probability

52

314 | Karen Lloyd on the Deep Underground Biosphere

53

313 | Eric Topol on the Changing Face of Medicine and Aging

54

AMA | May 2025

55

312 | Thomas Levenson on the Mutual History of Humans and Germs

56

311 | Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental

57

AMA | April 2025

58

310 | Marc Kamionkowski on Dark Energy and Cosmic Anomalies

59

309 | Christof Koch on Consciousness and Integrated Information

60

308 | Alison Gopnik on Children, AI, and Modes of Thinking

61

AMA | March 2025

62

307 | Kevin Peterson on the Theory of Cocktails

63

306 | Helen Czerski on Our Energetic Oceans

64

305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology

65

Bonus | Cuts to Science Funding and Why They Matter

66

304 | James Evans on Innovation, Consolidation, and the Science of Science

67

AMA | February 2025

68

303 | James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System

69

302 | Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution

70

301 | Tina Eliassi-Rad on Al, Networks, and Epistemic Instability

71

300 | Solo: Does Time Exist?

72

Holiday Message | Hits and Misses

73

299 | Michael Wong on Information, Function, and the Origin of Life

74

298 | Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain

75

AMA | December 2024

76

297 | Emily Wilson on Homer, Poetry, and Translation

77

296 | Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution

78

295 | Solo: Emergence and Layers of Reality

79

AMA | November 2024

80

294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life

81

293 | Doyne Farmer on Chaos, Crashes, and Economic Complexity

82

292 | Jonathan Birch on Animal Sentience

83

AMA | October 2024

84

291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging

85

290 | Hahrie Han on Making Multicultural Democracy Work

86

289 | Cari Cesarotti on the Next Generation of Particle Experiments

87

288 | Max Richter on the Meaning of Classical Music Today

88

AMA | September 2024

89

287 | Jean-Paul Faguet on Institutions and the Legacy of History

90

286 | Blaise Agüera y Arcas on the Emergence of Replication and Computation

91

285 | Nate Silver on Prediction, Risk, and Rationality

92

AMA | August 2024

93

284 | Doris Tsao on How the Brain Turns Vision Into the World

94

283 | Daron Acemoglu on Technology, Inequality, and Power

95

282 | Joel David Hamkins on Puzzles of Reality and Infinity

96

Ask Me Anything | July 2024

97

281 | Samir Okasha on the Philosophy of Agency and Evolution

98

280 | François Chollet on Deep Learning and the Meaning of Intelligence

99

279 | Ellen Langer on Mindfulness and the Body

100

278 | Kieran Healy on the Technology of Ranking People

101

AMA | June 2024

102

277 | Cumrun Vafa on the Universe According to String Theory

103

276 | Gavin Schmidt on Measuring, Predicting, and Protecting Our Climate

104

275 | Solo: Quantum Fields, Particles, Forces, and Symmetries

105

AMA | May 2024

106

274 | Gizem Gumuskaya on Building Robots from Human Cells

107

273 | Stefanos Geroulanos on the Invention of Prehistory

108

272 | Leslie Valiant on Learning and Educability in Computers and People

109

AMA | April 2024

110

271 | Claudia de Rham on Modifying General Relativity

111

270 | Solo: The Coming Transition in How Humanity Lives

112

269 | Sahar Heydari Fard on Complexity, Justice, and Social Dynamics

113

AMA | March 2024

114

268 | Matt Strassler on Relativity, Fields, and the Language of Reality

115

267 | Benjamin Breen on Margaret Mead, Psychedelics, and Utopia

116

266 | Christoph Adami on How Information Makes Sense of Biology

117

AMA | February 2024

118

265 | John Skrentny on How the Economy Mistreats STEM Workers

119

264 | Sabine Stanley on What's Inside Planets

120

263 | Chris Quigg on Symmetry and the Birth of the Standard Model

121

262 | Eric Schwitzgebel on the Weirdness of the World

122

261 | Sanjana Curtis on the Origins of the Elements

123

260 | Ricard Solé on the Space of Cognitions

124

Holiday Message: Reflections on Immortality

125

259 | Adam Frank on What Aliens Might Be Like

126

AMA | December 2023

127

258 | Solo: AI Thinks Different

128

257 | Derek Guy on the Theory and Practice of Dressing Well

129

256 | Kelly and Zach Weinersmith on Building Cities on the Moon and Mars

130

AMA | November 2023

131

255 | Michael Muthukrishna on Developing a Theory of Everyone

132

254 | William Egginton on Kant, Heisenberg, and Borges

133

253 | David Deutsch on Science, Complexity, and Explanation

134

AMA | October 2023

135

252 | Hannah Ritchie on Keeping Hope for the Planet Alive

136

251 | Rosemary Braun on Uncovering Patterns in Biological Complexity

137

250 | Brendan Nyhan on Navigating the Information Ecosystem

138

249 | Peter Godfrey-Smith on Sentience and Octopus Minds

139

AMA | September 2023

140

248 | Yejin Choi on AI and Common Sense

141

247 | Samuel Bowles on Economics, Cooperation, and Inequality

142

246 | David Stuart on Time and Science in Maya Civilization

143

AMA | August 2023

144

245 | Solo: The Crisis in Physics

145

244 | Katie Elliott on Metaphysics, Chance, and Explanation

146

243 | Joseph Silk on Science on the Moon

147

242 | David Krakauer on Complexity, Agency, and Information

148

AMA | July 2023

149

241 | Tim Maudlin on Locality, Hidden Variables, and Quantum Foundations

150

240 | Andrew Pontzen on Simulations and the Universe

151

239 | Brian Lowery on the Social Self

152

AMA | June 2023

153

238 | Scott Shapiro on the Technology and Philosophy of Hacking

154

237 | Brooke Harrington on Offshore Wealth as a Complex System

155

236 | Thomas Hertog on Quantum Cosmology and Hawking's Final Theory

156

AMA | May 2023

157

235 | Andy Clark on the Extended and Predictive Mind

158

234 | Tobias Warnecke on Cellular Structure and Evolution

159

233 | Hugo Mercier on Reasoning and Skepticism

160

232 | Amy Finkelstein on Adverse Selection and Hidden Information

161

Ask Me Anything | April 2023

162

231 | Sarah Bakewell on the History of Humanism

163

230 | Raphaël Millière on How Artificial Intelligence Thinks

164

229 | Nita Farahany on Ethics, Law, and Neurotechnology

165

AMA | March 2023

166

228 | Skye Cleary on Existentialism and Authenticity

167

227 | Molly Crockett on the Psychology of Morality

168

226 | Johanna Hoffman on Speculative Futures of Cities

169

AMA | February 2023

170

225 | Michael Tomasello on The Social Origins of Cognition and Agency

171

224 | Edward Tufte on Data, Design, and Truth

172

223 | Tania Lombrozo on What Explanations Are

173

222 | Andrew Strominger on Quantum Gravity and the Real World

174

221 | Adam Bulley on How Mental Time Travel Makes Us Human

175

Holiday Message 2022: Thinking Really Slowly

176

220 | Lara Buchak on Risk and Rationality

177

AMA | December 2022

178

219 | Dani Bassett and Perry Zurn on the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Curiosity

179

218 | Raphael Bousso on Black Holes and the Holographic Universe

180

217 | Margaret Levi on Moral Political Economy

181

AMA | November 2022

182

216 | John Allen Paulos on Numbers, Narratives, and Numeracy

183

215 | Barry Loewer on Physics, Counterfactuals, and the Macroworld

184

214 | Antonio Padilla on Large Numbers and the Scope of the Universe

185

AMA | October 2022

186

213 | Timiebi Aganaba on Law and Governance in Space

187

212 | Chiara Mingarelli on Searching for Black Holes with Pulsars

188

211 | Solo: Secrets of Einstein's Equation

189

210 | Randall Munroe on Imagining What If...?

190

209 | Brad DeLong on Why the 20th Century Fell Short of Utopia

191

AMA | September 2022

192

208 | Rick Beato on the Theory of Popular Music

193

207 | William MacAskill on Maximizing Good in the Present and Future

194

206 | Simon Conway Morris on Evolution, Convergence, and Theism

195

AMA | August 2022

196

205 | John Quiggin on Interest Rates and the Information Economy

197

204 | John Asher Johnson on Hunting for Exoplanets

198

203 | N.J. Enfield on Why Language is Good for Lawyers and Not Scientists

199

AMA | July 2022

200

202 | Andrew Papachristos on the Network Theory of Gun Violence

201

201 | Ed Yong on How Animals Sense the World

202

AMA | June 2022

203

200 | Solo: The Philosophy of the Multiverse

204

199 | Elizabeth Cohen on Time and Other Political Values

205

198 | Nick Lane on Powering Biology

206

197 | Catherine Brinkley on the Science of Cities

207

AMA | May 2022

208

196 | Judea Pearl on Cause and Effect

209

195 | Richard Dawkins on Flight and Other Evolutionary Achievements

210

194 | Frans de Waal on Culture and Gender in Primates

211

193 | Daniels on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

212

AMA | April 2022

213

192 | Nicole Yunger Halpern on Quantum Steampunk Thermodynamics

214

191 | Jane McGonigal on How to Imagine the Future

215

190 | Lea Goentoro on Regrowing Limbs

216

189 | Brian Klaas on Power and the Temptation of Corruption

217

AMA | March 2022

218

188 | Arik Kershenbaum on What Aliens Will Be Like

219

187 | Andrew Leigh on the Politics of Looming Disasters

220

186 | Sherry Turkle on How Technology Affects Our Humanity

221

185 | Arvid Ågren on the Gene's-Eye View of Evolution

222

184 | Gary Marcus on Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense

223

AMA | February 2022

224

183 | Michael Dine on Supersymmetry, Anthropics, and the Future of Particle Physics

225

182 | Sally Haslanger on Social Construction and Critical Theory

226

181 | Peter Dodds on Quantifying the Shape of Stories

227

180 | Camilla Pang on Instructions for Being Human

228

179 | David Reich on Genetics and Ancient Humanity

229

178 | Jody Azzouni on What Is and Isn't Real

230

Holiday Message 2021 | On Disciplines & Cocktails

231

AMA | December 2021

232

177 | Monika Schleier-Smith on Cold Atoms and Emergent Spacetime

233

176 | Joshua Greene on Morality, Psychology, and Trolley Problems

234

175 | William Ratcliff on Multicellularity, Physics, and Evolution

235

174 | Tai-Danae Bradley on Algebra, Topology, Language, and Entropy

236

AMA | November 2021

237

173 | Sylvia Earle on the Oceans, the Planet, and People

238

172 | David Goyer on Televising the Fall of the Galactic Empire

239

171 | Christopher Mims on Our Interconnected Industrial Ecology

240

170 | Priya Natarajan on Galaxies, Black Holes, and Cosmic Anomalies

241

169 | C. Thi Nguyen on Games, Art, Values, and Agency

242

AMA | October 2021

243

168 | Anil Seth on Emergence, Information, and Consciousness

244

167 | Chiara Marletto on Constructor Theory, Physics, and Possibility

245

166 | Betül Kaçar on Paleogenomics and Ancient Life

246

165 | Kathryn Paige Harden on Genetics, Luck, and Fairness

247

AMA | September 2021

248

164 | Herbert Gintis on Game Theory, Evolution, and Social Rationality

249

163 | Nigel Goldenfeld on Phase Transitions, Criticality, and Biology

250

162 | Leidy Klotz on Our Resistance to Subtractive Change

251

161 | W. Brian Arthur on Complexity Economics

252

160 | Edward Slingerland on Confucianism, Daoism, and Wu Wei

253

AMA | August 2021

254

159 | Mari Ruti on Lack, Love, and Psychoanalysis

255

158 | David Wallace on the Arrow of Time

256

157 | Elizabeth Strychalski on Synthetic Cells and the Rules of Biology

257

156 | Catherine D'Ignazio on Data, Objectivity, and Bias

258

155 | Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental Physics

259

AMA | July 2021

260

154 | Reza Aslan on Religion, Metaphor, and Meaning

261

153 | John Preskill on Quantum Computers and What They're Good For

262

152 | Charis Kubrin on Criminology, Incarceration, and Hip-Hop

263

151 | Jordan Ellenberg on the Mathematics of Political Boundaries

264

AMA | June 2021

265

150 | Simon DeDeo on How Explanations Work and Why They Sometimes Fail

266

149 | Lee Smolin on Time, Philosophy, and the Nature of Reality

267

148 | Henry Farrell on Democracy as a Problem-Solving Mechanism

268

147 | Rachel Laudan on Cuisine, Culture, and Empire

269

AMA | May 2021

270

146 | Emily Riehl on Topology, Categories, and the Future of Mathematics

271

145 | Niall Ferguson on Histories, Networks, and Catastrophes

272

144 | Solo: Are We Moving Beyond the Standard Model?

273

143 | Julia Galef on Openness, Bias, and Rationality

274

AMA | April 2021

275

142 | Charlie Jane Anders on Stories and How to Write Them

276

141 | Zeynep Tufekci on Information and Attention in a Networked World

277

140 | Dean Buonomano on Time, Reality, and the Brain

278

139 | Elizabeth Anderson on Equality, Work, and Ideology

279

138 | Daryl Morey on Analytics, Psychology, and Basketball

280

AMA | March 2021

281

137 | Justin Clarke-Doane on Mathematics, Morality, Objectivity, and Reality

282

136 | Roderick Graham on Cyberspace, Race, and Cultural Conservatism

283

135 | Shadi Bartsch on Plato, Vergil, Confucius, and Modernity

284

AMA | February 2021

285

134 | Robert Sapolsky on Why We Behave the Way We Do

286

133 | Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See

287

Bonus | AIP Oral History Interview

288

132 | Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the Self

289

131 | Avi Loeb on Taking Aliens Seriously

290

130 | Frank Wilczek on the Present and Future of Fundamental Physics

291

129 | Solo: Democracy in America

292

128 | Joseph Henrich on the Weirdness of the West

293

Holiday Message 2020 | The Screwy Universe

294

127 | Erich Jarvis on Language, Birds, and People

295

AMA | December 2020

296

126 | David Stasavage on the Origin and History of Democracy

297

125 | David Haig on the Evolution of Meaning from Darwin to Derrida

298

124 | Solo: How Time Travel Could and Should Work

299

AMA | November 2020

300

123 | Lisa Feldman Barrett on Emotions, Actions, and the Brain

301

122 | David Eagleman on Tapping Into the Livewired Brain

302

121 | Cornel West on What Democracy Is and Should Be

303

120 | Jeremy England on Biology, Thermodynamics, and the Bible

304

119 | Musa al-Gharbi on the Value of Intellectual Diversity

305

118 | Adam Riess on the Expansion of the Universe and a Crisis in Cosmology

306

117 | Sean B. Carroll on Randomness and the Course of Evolution

307

116 | Teresa Bejan on Free Speech, Civility, and Toleration

308

115 | Netta Engelhardt on Black Hole Information, Wormholes, and Quantum Gravity

309

114 | Angela Chen on Asexuality in a Sex-Preoccupied World

310

113 | Cailin O'Connor on Game Theory, Evolution, and the Origins of Unfairness

311

112 | Fyodor Urnov on Gene Editing, CRISPR, and Human Engineering

312

111 | Nick Bostrom on Anthropic Selection and Living in a Simulation

313

110 | Neil Johnson on Complexity, Conflict, and Infodemiology

314

109 | Jason Torchinsky on Our Self-Driving Future

315

108 | Carl Bergstrom on Information, Disinformation, and Bullshit

316

107 | Russ Shafer-Landau on the Reality of Morality

317

106 | Stuart Bartlett on What "Life" Means

318

105 | Ann-Sophie Barwich on the Science and Philosophy of Smell

319

104 | David Rosen and Scott Miles on the Neuroscience of Music and Creativity

320

103 | J. Kenji López-Alt on Cooking As and With Science

321

102 | Maria Konnikova on Poker, Psychology, and Reason

322

101 | David Baltimore on the Mysteries of Viruses

323

100 | Solo | Life and Its Meaning

324

99 | Scott Aaronson on Complexity, Computation, and Quantum Gravity

325

98 | Olga Khazan on Living and Flourishing While Being Weird

326

97 | John Danaher on Our Coming Automated Utopia

327

96 | Lina Necib on What and Where the Dark Matter Is

328

95 | Liam Kofi Bright on Knowledge, Truth, and Science

329

94 | Stuart Russell on Making Artificial Intelligence Compatible with Humans

330

93 | Rae Wynn-Grant on Bears, Humans, and Other Predators

331

92 | Kevin Hand on Life Elsewhere in the Solar System

332

91 | Scott Barry Kaufman on the Psychology of Transcendence

333

90 | David Kaiser on Science, Money, and Power

334

89 | Lera Boroditsky on Language, Thought, Space, and Time

335

Tara Smith on Coronavirus, Pandemics, and What We Can Do

336

88 | Neil Shubin on Evolution, Genes, and Dramatic Transitions

337

87 | Karl Friston on Brains, Predictions, and Free Energy

338

86 | Martin Rees on Threats to Humanity, Prospects for Posthumanity, and Life in the Universe

339

85 | L.A. Paul on Transformative Experiences and Your Future Selves

340

84 | Suresh Naidu on Capitalism, Monopsony, and Inequality

341

83 | Kwame Anthony Appiah on Identity, Stories, and Cosmopolitanism

342

82 | Robin Carhart-Harris on Psychedelics and the Brain

343

81 | Ezra Klein on Politics, Polarization, and Identity

344

80 | Jenann Ismael on Connecting Physics to the World of Experience

345

79 | Sara Imari Walker on Information and the Origin of Life

346

78 | Daniel Dennett on Minds, Patterns, and the Scientific Image

347

Holiday Message 2019: On Publishing Books

348

77 | Azra Raza on The Way We Should Fight Cancer

349

76 | Ned Hall on Possible Worlds and the Laws of Nature

350

75 | Max Tegmark on Reality, Simulation, and the Multiverse

351

74 | Stephen Greenblatt on Stories, History, and Cultural Poetics

352

73 | Grimes (c) on Music, Creativity, and Digital Personae

353

72 | César Hidalgo on Information in Societies, Economies, and the Universe

354

71 | Philip Goff on Consciousness Everywhere

355

70 | Katie Mack on How the Universe Will End

356

69 | Cory Doctorow on Technology, Monopoly, and the Future of the Internet

357

68 | Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Common Sense

358

67 | Kate Jeffery on Entropy, Complexity, and Evolution

359

66 | Will Wilkinson on Partisan Polarization and the Urban/Rural Divide

360

65 | Michael Mann on Why Our Climate Is Changing and How We Know

361

64 | Ramez Naam on Renewable Energy and an Optimistic Future

362

63 | Solo -- Finding Gravity Within Quantum Mechanics

363

62 | Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Societies and People

364

61 | Quassim Cassam on Intellectual Vices and What to Do About Them

365

60 | Lynne Kelly on Memory Palaces, Ancient and Modern

366

59 | Adam Becker on the Curious History of Quantum Mechanics

367

58 | Seth MacFarlane on Using Science Fiction to Explore Humanity

368

57 | Astra Taylor on the Promise and Challenge of Democracy

369

56 | Kate Adamala on Creating Synthetic Life

370

55 | A Conversation with Rob Reid on Quantum Mechanics and Many Worlds

371

54 | Indre Viskontas on Music and the Brain

372

53 | Solo -- On Morality and Rationality

373

52 | Frank Lantz on the Logic and Emotion of Games

374

51 | Anthony Aguirre on Cosmology, Zen, Entropy, and Information

375

50 | Patricia Churchland on Conscience, Morality, and the Brain

376

49 | Nicholas Christakis on Humanity, Biology, and What Makes Us Good

377

48 | Marq de Villiers on Hell and Damnation

378

47 | Adam Rutherford on Humans, Animals, and Life in General

379

46 | Kate Darling on Our Connections with Robots

380

45 | Leonard Susskind on Quantum Information, Quantum Gravity, and Holography

381

44 | Antonio Damasio on Feelings, Thoughts, and the Evolution of Humanity

382

43 | Matthew Luczy on the Pleasures of Wine

383

42 | Natalya Bailey on Navigating Earth Orbit and Beyond

384

41 | Steven Strogatz on Synchronization, Networks, and the Emergence of Complex Behavior

385

40 | Adrienne Mayor on Gods and Robots in Ancient Mythology

386

39 | Malcolm MacIver on Sensing, Consciousness, and Imagination

387

38 | Alan Lightman on Transcendence, Science, and a Naturalist's Sense of Meaning

388

37 | Edward Watts on the End of the Roman Republic and Lessons for Democracy

389

36 | David Albert on Quantum Measurement and the Problems with Many-Worlds

390

35 | Jessica Yellin on The Changing Ways We Get Our News

391

34 | Paul Bloom on Empathy, Rationality, Morality, and Cruelty

392

33 | James Ladyman on Reality, Metaphysics, and Complexity

393

32 | Naomi Oreskes on Climate Change and the Distortion of Scientific Facts

394

31 | Brian Greene on the Multiverse, Inflation, and the String Theory Landscape

395

30 | Derek Leben on Ethics for Robots and Artificial Intelligences

396

29 | Raychelle Burks on the Chemistry of Murder

397

28 | Roger Penrose on Spacetime, Consciousness, and the Universe

398

Holiday Message 2018

399

27 | Janna Levin on Black Holes, Chaos, and the Narrative of Science

400

26 | Ge Wang on Artful Design, Computers, and Music

401

25 | David Chalmers on Consciousness, the Hard Problem, and Living in a Simulation

402

24 | Kip Thorne on Gravitational Waves, Time Travel, and Interstellar

403

23 | Lisa Aziz-Zadeh on Embodied Cognition, Mirror Neurons, and Empathy

404

22 | Joe Walston on Conservation, Urbanization, and the Way We Live on Earth

405

21 | Alex Rosenberg on Naturalism, History, and Theory of Mind

406

20 | Scott Derrickson on Cinema, Blockbusters, Horror, and Mystery

407

19 | Tyler Cowen on Maximizing Growth and Thinking for the Future

408

18 | Clifford Johnson on What's So Great About Superstring Theory

409

17 | Annalee Newitz on Science, Fiction, Economics, and Neurosis

410

16 | Coleen Murphy on Aging, Biology, and the Future

411

15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain

412

14 | Alta Charo on Bioethics and the Law

413

13 | Neha Narula on Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of the Internet

414

12 | Wynton Marsalis on Jazz, Time, and America

415

11 | Mike Brown on Killing Pluto and Replacing It with Planet 9

416

10 | Megan Rosenbloom on the Death Positive Movement

417

9 | Solo -- Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing?

418

8 | Carl Zimmer on Heredity, DNA, and Editing Genes

419

7 | Yascha Mounk on Threats to Liberal Democracy

420

6 | Liv Boeree on Poker, Aliens, and Thinking in Probabilities

421

5 | Geoffrey West on Networks, Scaling, and the Pace of Life

422

4 | Anthony Pinn on Humanism, Theology, and the Black Community

423

3 | Alice Dreger on Sexuality, Truth, and Justice

424

2 | Carlo Rovelli on Quantum Mechanics, Spacetime, and Reality

425

1 | Carol Tavris on Mistakes, Justification, and Cognitive Dissonance

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