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The Man Who Controls Computers With His Mind

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 16, 2022October 19, 2022

After an accident in 2006, Dennis DeGray became paralyzed from the collarbones down. Eager to participate in experimental research in the area of brain-computer interfaces, DeGray has electrode arrays embedded in his cortex, and is one of a few dozen people in the world who can control various forms of technology with his thoughts. If […]

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads December 11, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Mosi Secret, David Farrier, Ferris Jabr, Blake Butler, and Eoghan Walsh.

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

On Trees as Social Creatures and Fungi as the ‘Fabric of the Forest’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 10, 2020October 19, 2022

Trees were previously seen as individual and solitary organisms. But the research of Suzanne Simard shows otherwise.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Social Life of Forests

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 4, 2020October 19, 2022

“Trees appear to communicate and cooperate through subterranean networks of fungi. What are they sharing with one another?”

Posted inFeature, Featured, Nonfiction, Quotes

You May Not Have Needed That Root Canal

by Katie Kosma April 29, 2019October 19, 2022

Dentistry doesn’t adhere to the same research and practice protocols of the medical field. This separation allows for a slew of unnecessary procedures and predatory pricing.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Darwinian View of Our Storytelling Species

by Aaron Gilbreath March 11, 2019October 19, 2022

What the history of folktales reveals about the role storytelling played in human evolution.

Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 11, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jay Caspian Kang, Ryan Goldberg, Brendan I. Koerner, Andrew Richdale, and Ferris Jabr.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

Corals and Crabs Get Moonstruck, Too

by benhuberman August 10, 2017October 19, 2022

For many marine species, moonlight is both aphrodisiac and metronome. Yet scientists have only recently started to study it seriously.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Lunar Sea

by benhuberman August 10, 2017October 19, 2022

What do humans and corals (and numerous other marine creatures) have in common? We all seem to find the moon irresistibly romantic.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

If You Want to Be Productive, You Have to Rest

by Aaron Gilbreath November 2, 2015October 19, 2022

In a recent thought-provoking review of research on the default mode network, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang of the University of Southern California and her co-authors argue that when we are resting the brain is anything but idle and that, far from being purposeless or unproductive, downtime is in fact essential to mental processes that affirm our […]

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