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Adam Frank
Astrophysicist
Adam Frank is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester and a leading expert on the final stages of evolution for stars like the sun. Frank's computational research group at the University of Rochester has developed advanced supercomputer tools for studying how stars form and how they die. A self-described “evangelist of science," he is the author of four books and the co-founder of 13.8, where he explores the beauty and power of science in culture with physicist Marcelo Gleiser.
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6 questions about consciousness with Annaka Harris
A conversation with Annaka Harris on shared perception, experimental science, and why our intuition about consciousness is wrong.
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How a popular model of cosmic life and intelligence got it wrong
Life might be more common across the Universe than the "Hard Steps Model" suggests.
The strange paradox of modern science denialism
Astronomer Adam Frank reflects on some responses to his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
From global to planetary: Is new governance needed in a post-Holocene world?
The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.