Aeon

[:es] Our brains predict the outcomes of our actions, shaping reality into what we expect. That’s why we see what we believe [:]

[:es]There’s nothing exceptional about fast evolution. Rapid change, transient or lasting, simply reflects the intensity of selection, the strong action of Darwin’s ‘hostile forces of nature’, including predation, heat, cold, […]

[:es]Perverse incentives and the misuse of quantitative metrics have undermined the integrity of scientific research[:]

[:eu]The next pandemic will erupt, not from the jungle, but from the disease factories of hospitals, refugee camps and cities[:]

[:eu]The next pandemic will erupt, not from the jungle, but from the disease factories of hospitals, refugee camps and cities[:]

[:en]Does history unfold randomly and by chance, or are there underlying patterns and deep connections between its parts?[:]

[:en]It looks like scientists and philosophers might have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be[:]

[:en]Predictive policing uses algorithms to analyse data and cut crime. But does it really work, and should it be trusted?[:]

[:es]Science once communicated in a polyglot of tongues, but now English rules alone. How did this happen – and at what cost?[:]