Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsScience Says You Should Leave Work at 2 p.m. and Go for a WalkA new book tells you how to change your habits to improve at math, science…or whatever else you want to learn about.Aug 4, 2014Aug 4, 2014
Inquiring MindsThe Science of Your Racist BrainNeuroscientist David Amodio on subconscious racial prejudice—and why we’re still responsible for our actions.May 16, 2014May 16, 2014
Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsHow To Convince Conservative Christians That Global Warming Is RealMillions of Americans are evangelical Christians. Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is persuading them that our planet is in peril.May 8, 2014May 8, 2014
Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsJared Diamond: We Could Be Living in a New Stone Age by 2114The Pulitzer-winning author explains why he adapted his classic book “The Third Chimpanzee” for kids: because we need them to fix our mistakes.Apr 25, 2014Apr 25, 2014
Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsThis Fish Crawled Out of the Water…and Into Creationists’ NightmaresSome 375 million years ago, Tiktaalik emerged onto land. Today, explains paleontologist Neil Shubin, we’re all walking around in modified fish bodies.Apr 16, 2014Apr 16, 2014
Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsThis Machine Can Tell Whether You’re Liberal or ConservativeJohn Hibbing and his colleagues are pioneering research on the physiological underpinnings of political ideology.Apr 7, 2014Apr 7, 2014
Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsScenes from the PostdocalypseEthan Perlstein was a young, bright Ph.D. from Harvard. Then he hit the academic job market.Apr 3, 2014Apr 3, 2014
Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsJust After It All Began, the Universe Sent Us a Text Message. We Just Decoded It.Phil Plait explains the universe’s sudden and dramatic inflation…tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang.Mar 27, 2014Mar 27, 2014
Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsNeil deGrasse Tyson on “Cosmos,” How Science Got Cool, and Why He Doesn’t Debate DeniersThe host of the stunning new Fox series wants you to understand how science works.Mar 15, 20141Mar 15, 20141
Inquiring MindsinInquiring MindsScience Says Your Soul Is Like a Traffic JamScience writer Jennifer Ouellette explores the emerging science of the self, a body of research that examines not just who we are, but also…if we are.Mar 13, 2014Mar 13, 2014