The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “science”

National Geographic: Inside the Milky Way
National Geographic: Inside the Milky Way

From super-massive black holes to Carl Sagan, or how to center yourself in the universe the CGI way.

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5 Unsung Heroes Who Shaped Modern Life
5 Unsung Heroes Who Shaped Modern Life

What 1920s rope-skipping has to do with the birth of paleontology, restaurant entrepreneurship, and Oprah.

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Six Famous Thought Experiments, Animated in 60 Seconds Each
Six Famous Thought Experiments, Animated in 60 Seconds Each

From Ancient Greece to quantum mechanics, or what a Chinese room and a cat have to do with infinity.

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Astronomy for the Rest of Us: A Naked-Eye Tour of the Sky
Astronomy for the Rest of Us: A Naked-Eye Tour of the Sky

A field guide to stargazing, or how to see day and night the way your great-grandfather did.

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7 Must-Read Books on Time
7 Must-Read Books on Time

What the second law of thermodynamics has to do with Saint Augustine, landscape art, and graphic novels.

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How the Difference Between Your Experiencing Self and Your Remembering Self Shapes Your Happiness
How the Difference Between Your Experiencing Self and Your Remembering Self Shapes Your Happiness

Beneath the biases of intuition, or how your experiencing self and your remembering self shape your life.

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The Divided Brain, Animated: Iain McGilchrist on Consciousness and Connection
The Divided Brain, Animated: Iain McGilchrist on Consciousness and Connection

A hemispheric history of the making of the Western world, or why abstraction is necessary for empathy.

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Sound Is…
Sound Is…

Tssss chktchktchkt dubdubdub oeyyy.

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Whale Fall: A Lyrical Paper-Cutout Animation about the Cycle of Life in the Microcosm of a Whale
Whale Fall: A Lyrical Paper-Cutout Animation about the Cycle of Life in the Microcosm of a Whale

75 years of existential generosity, or what the ocean floor can teach us about existence, ego and impermanence.

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BBC’s Volatile History of Chemistry
BBC’s Volatile History of Chemistry

How the elements came to be, or what alchemy and urine have to do with the God particle.

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