It's not just about the home; it's about everything.

In this excerpt from "Playful," Cas Holman surveys the research that brought the neuroscience of play into the mainstream.

We've long known we can't go back to infinite temperatures and densities. But the hottest part of the hot Big Bang remains a cosmic mystery.

"We're living in an extraordinary moment in history. We are at a moment here in 2025 where we have world historic game-changing technologies now starting to scale."

In “Warhead,” neuroscientist and national security adviser Nicholas Wright explains how the brain navigates warfare and why it is our ultimate weapon (and instrument for peace).

Bold megaprojects could turn dry depressions into thriving new hubs of life.

“No matter what their gods were, what they did for a living, what they wore, the songs they sang, everything varies except love, and everybody loves.”

Observations with the Hubble space telescope helped cement dark energy and reveal the Hubble tension. How are these two things so different?

The whole isn't greater than the sum of its parts; that's a flaw in our thinking. Non-reductionism requires magic, not merely science.

"Think of it like a transcontinental railroad — not the fastest way to move a lot of mass, but certainly the most efficient,” Jared Isaacman said about nuclear electric propulsion.

Getting drunk might be bad for you but good for us.

In this excerpt from "Lucky By Design," Judd Kessler explains how opportunity costs shape our choices and why time is the real price we pay.

Each of these stories rests on a foundation of great ideas that will scare you to death and make you think.

Inflation's two main criticisms, that it can predict anything and that the "measure problem" remains unsolved, can't erase its successes.

"What’s happening now has, in fact, been happening since the very invention of language and writing."

Early warning signs show AI is eating into the entry-level job market — a potential harbinger of things to come.

In "We the People," Harvard historian Jill Lepore examines how the U.S. Constitution became unamendable and its implications for the health of the democracy.

Nearly 30 would be "nones" — an amorphous group that spans from zealous atheists to the vaguely spiritual.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

“As a reporter, you can look into the eyes of the people you're talking to and try to evaluate what they're thinking when they say what they say. But you are not really gonna get into their brain. There's only one artistic form that allows you to do that. “