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Edward Miguel on the Developing Practice of Development Economics
Jun 16, 2025Economics is seeing an upsurge in the importance of controlled, reproducible empirical studies. One area where this has had a great impact is on development economics, which studies the economies of l...
Nicole Rust on Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders
Jun 09, 2025The human brain is extremely complicated, but decades of careful neuroscientific research have revealed quite a bit about how it works, including how certain genes affect particular brain behaviors. N...
AMA | June 2025
Jun 02, 2025Welcome to the June 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreo...
Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper
May 26, 2025Einstein's general theory of relativity, plus some reasonable assumptions about the universe and what it's made of, has a remarkable implication: that as we trace cosmic evolution into the far past, w...
Branden Fitelson on the Logic and Use of Probability
May 19, 2025Every time you see an apple spontaneously break away from a tree, it falls downward. You therefore claim that there is a law of physics: apples fall downward from trees. But how can you really know? A...
Karen Lloyd on the Deep Underground Biosphere
May 12, 2025There are living creatures dwelling deep below the surface of the Earth, as deep as we are able to drill. These hearty microorganisms are related to more familiar life forms on land and under water, b...
Eric Topol on the Changing Face of Medicine and Aging
May 05, 2025Medical science is advancing at an astonishing rate. Today we talk with leading expert Eric Topol about two aspects of this story. First, the use of artificial intelligence in medicine, especially in ...
AMA | May 2025
Apr 28, 2025Welcome to the May 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreon...
Thomas Levenson on the Mutual History of Humans and Germs
Apr 21, 2025The germ theory of disease is a crowning achievement of science, up there with modern physics, continental drift, and evolution via natural selection. (Even if there will always be cranky skeptics.) B...
Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental
Apr 14, 2025Questions about consciousness range from the precise and empirical -- what neurons fire when I have some particular experience -- to the deeply profound -- does consciousness emerge from matter, or do...