Clinical psychologist Ramani Durvasula explains what narcissism really is, how to spot it, and why most of what circulates online gets it wrong.

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel explains how new dark energy measurements are upending what physicists thought they knew about how the universe will end.

Philosopher Jack Symes argues that pantheism, the view that God and the universe are one, answers philosophy’s three hardest questions.

Philosopher Jack Symes examines the evil god challenge and explains how it moved him from atheism to pantheism.

How curiosity can expand your Perception Box — and your awareness

Luke Burgis explains how anxiety and opinion spread through groups by contagion, and what it takes to build a solid self that can stand apart from the crowd.

Interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner Andrew Holecek describes how dark retreats can expand your Perception Box.

NYU philosopher Ned Block explains why he thinks today’s AI isn’t conscious, what the hard problem still leaves unanswered, and why biology may matter.

Philosopher Jack Symes explores the space between devout religion and atheism.

Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna co-invented CRISPR in 2012. She's spent the years since watching it cure disease, spark debate, and even solve health and climate issues. Here’s what it’s doing today.

Dr. Martin Blaser explains how modern life is wiping out the microbes humans evolved with, and what early antibiotics and diet may mean for our health.

Blaise Aguera y Arcas breaks down what distinguishes life from mere matter.

Everyone wants to know if AI will replace their job. Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of CRISPR, has a clear-eyed take from inside the lab.

Blaise Agüera y Arcas argues that function defines life more than material does, and that AI belongs in the same story.

laise Agüera y Arcas, CTO at Google, argues that AGI arrived the moment we stopped training models for narrow tasks and started training them on language.

Author Malcolm Gladwell explores the fallacies behind the Second Amendment in conversation with Jonny Thomson.

Richard Kelly on 25 years of Donnie Darko, the true origin of the bunny mask, and The Philosophy of Time Travel, and his new novel.

Jonathan Rauch, author and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, dives into the philosophy of liberalism, how it has created and transformed our institutions, and the state of truth in a world rife with misinformation.

Jennifer Doudna co-invented CRISPR. Now she's the one asking how much power we should be allowed to handle.

What’s happening in your brain and body while you’re lost in a great book?