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Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain

I talk with neuroscientist Jeff Lichtman about progress in mapping how neurons are wired together in brains.

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  Alison Gopnik on Children, AI, and Modes of Thinking

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  AMA | March 2025

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  Kevin Peterson on the Theory of Cocktails

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  Helen Czerski on Our Energetic Oceans

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  Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology

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  Bonus | Cuts to Science Funding and Why They Matter

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

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  AMA | February 2025

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  James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System

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  Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution

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

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  Solo: Does Time Exist?

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  Holiday Message | Hits and Misses

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

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  AMA | December 2024