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# Serious Science

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- [Tra abilità e audacia, scopri come le chicken road recensioni rivelano strategie vincenti per fuggir Marketing Digital](https://serious-science.org/tra-abilita-e-audacia-scopri-come-le-chicken-road-recensioni-rivelano-strategie-vincenti-per-fuggir-marketing-digital-12493) - ContentDifficoltà del GiocoLa Meccanica di Gioco di Chicken Road: Abilità o Fortuna? Ogni passaggio lungo questa strada è cruciale, e l’obiettivo finale è massimizzare i guadagni mantenendo un occhio attento ai possibili rischi che si presentano lungo il cammino. Una delle caratteristiche più affascinanti è il modo in cui i giocatori controllano una gallina che
- [New Technologies in Hydrogen Energy: Challenges and Solutions](https://serious-science.org/new-technologies-in-hydrogen-energy-challenges-and-solutions-12465) - Can Hydrogen Technologies Be Made Efficient and Eco-Friendly?
- [Chemistry: Designing Our World](https://serious-science.org/chemistry-designing-our-world-12446) - How chemical science shapes the future of humanity
- [Palladium, Platinum, and Ruthenium: How Metals Help to Fight Cancer](https://serious-science.org/palladium-platinum-and-ruthenium-how-metals-help-to-fight-cancer-12429) - What Advantages Do Metal-Based Drugs Offer Over Organic Compounds?
- [Hydrogen Power: How to Generate More Clean Energy](https://serious-science.org/hydrogen-energy-how-to-generate-more-clean-energy-12405) - Energy into Gas — and Back Again
- [Neanderthals](https://serious-science.org/neanderthals-8176) - Archeologist Tim Reynolds on Mousterian tools, cross-species interactions, and Neanderthal language
- [Frozen Dreams: How Cryopreservation Technologies Work](https://serious-science.org/frozen-dreams-how-cryopreservation-technologies-work-12391) - The challenges of freezing multicellular organisms and why preserving even the brain for the future remains unfeasible
- [The Material Basis of Memory](https://serious-science.org/the-material-basis-of-memory-12386) - Five key facts about the formation of memory and its molecular foundations
- [What Will Happen If a Giant Meteorite Hits the Earth?](https://serious-science.org/what-will-happen-if-a-giant-meteorite-hits-the-earth-12376) - Will it destroy everything?
- [Can Electricity Go Completely Wireless?](https://serious-science.org/can-electricity-go-completely-wireless-12366) - How is electricity transmitted, and could we transition to wireless power?
- [The History and Future of Spintronics](https://serious-science.org/the-history-and-future-of-spintronics-12266) - How to power devices with virtually no losses
- [From Bricks to Nanomaterials: The Evolution of Composites](https://serious-science.org/from-bricks-to-nanomaterials-the-evolution-of-composites-12354) - How the simple idea of combining materials led to stronger buildings, lighter aircraft, flexible displays, and advanced medications
- [Pure Water: Pathways to Developing Eco-Friendly Technologies](https://serious-science.org/pure-water-pathways-to-developing-eco-friendly-technologies-12332) - Past practices and new solutions
- [Metal-based energy](https://serious-science.org/metal-based-energy-12324) - Electric vehicles, metal-based fuel, and the electrolysis method
- [Enhancing Brain Capabilities](https://serious-science.org/enhancing-brain-capabilities-12318) - Neurotransmitters, neurointerfaces, and senses that humans have never experienced before
- [Cyber Prosthetics](https://serious-science.org/cyber-prosthetics-12315) - On neurointerfaces, cyber prosthetics' functioning, and external actuators' control
- [The History of Ozone Holes](https://serious-science.org/the-history-of-ozone-holes-12302) - What role do refrigerators play in it?
- [Myths about AI](https://serious-science.org/myths-about-ai-12298) - Questions you’ve always wanted to ask
- [Metals, Algae, and Solid Waste for Fuel Production](https://serious-science.org/metals-algae-and-solid-waste-for-fuel-production-12260) - What can be used to produce fuel?
- [Empirical Philosophy of Medicine](https://serious-science.org/empirical-philosophy-of-medicine-12256) - On the history of medical research in STS, Dutch hospitals, and Mol's work
- [Innovations in Energy](https://serious-science.org/innovations-in-energy-11459) - How much do wind and solar energy cost, and why haven't we fully transitioned to RES yet?
- [Radiation and Land Surface](https://serious-science.org/radiation-and-land-surface-10381) - Geographer Mathias Disney on the Sun's spectrum, albedo and why plants and animals are sensitive to a very specific part of the overall spectrum
- [Electrochemical Metamaterials](https://serious-science.org/electrochemical-metamaterials-10275) - Chemical physicist Alexey Kornyshev on metamaterials, plasmonics and Raman scattering
- [The Consciousness of Humans and Machines](https://serious-science.org/the-consciousness-of-humans-and-machines-11464) - Philosopher and neuroethics expert Thomas Metzinger on the limitations of consciousness in natural and artificial beings
- [Applications of Deep Neural Networks](https://serious-science.org/applications-of-deep-neural-networks-10484) - Why do we need neural networks and how do we train them
- [Not Just Graphene: How Quantum Materials Work](https://serious-science.org/not-just-graphene-how-quantum-materials-work-12245) - And why they will transform medicine and electronics
- [The Structure of Expert Knowledge](https://serious-science.org/the-structure-of-expert-knowledge-12208) - Sociologist Viktor Vakhshtayn on competition between scientists and experts, the survivorship bias, and the media’s influence on expert status
- [Targeted Drug Delivery](https://serious-science.org/targeted-drug-delivery-12203) - What technologies are helping fight incurable diseases today? What breakthroughs will help humanity defeat cancer?
- [Climates of the Future](https://serious-science.org/climates-of-the-future-12172) - On mathematical climate models, geoengineering, and the consequences of global warming
- [How Many Wind Turbines Does a City Need?](https://serious-science.org/how-many-wind-turbines-does-a-city-need-12192) - Understanding wind energy and how electricity is generated from wind
- [What is Computed Tomography Capable Of?](https://serious-science.org/what-is-computed-tomography-capable-of-11515) - How to use CT to peek inside a microchip, an airplane wing, and even a mango
- [Feminism in the U.S.](https://serious-science.org/feminism-in-the-us-from-sojourner-truth-to-ruth-bader-ginzburg-6992) - Historian Annelise Orleck on gender inequality, the fight for equal rights, and "Jane Crow" laws
- [Reconstructing Paleoclimate](https://serious-science.org/reconstructing-paleoclimate-12177) - On climate formation, reconstruction methods, and the principle of actualism
- [Space Electronics](https://serious-science.org/space-electronics-12164) - On the reasons why artificial intelligence is necessary on spacecraft and what dangers space poses to electronics
- [Technological Transitions and the New Global Inequality](https://serious-science.org/technological-transitions-and-the-new-global-inequality-12159) - Why the Fourth Industrial Revolution threatens to become a new colonial order
- [Powerful and Lightweight: Materials for Batteries](https://serious-science.org/powerful-and-lightweight-materials-for-batteries-12154) - On the development of battery materials, learning from nature, and enhancing battery capacity and potential
- [Dualism in Solving the Problem of Artificial Intelligence](https://serious-science.org/dualism-in-solving-the-problem-of-artificial-intelligence-11978) - Neurophysiologist Mikhail Burtsev discusses attempts to model the human brain, the development of logical systems, and the capabilities of neural networks
- [Microchips: The Silicon Heart of Electronics](https://serious-science.org/microchips-the-silicon-heart-of-electronics-12140) - What makes smartphones and laptops work, the future of microchip technology, and the risks associated with chip production
- [Biobanks ](https://serious-science.org/biobanks-12132) - On biological collections, biobanks, and stakeholder interests
- [Which Scientists Are Searching for Extraterrestrial Life?](https://serious-science.org/which-scientists-are-searching-for-extraterrestrial-life-11453) - On one hand, life is a subject of biological research. On the other hand, biologists know little about space, which is the exclusive domain of astrophysicists. However, it is well known that scientists are researching to find life beyond Earth. Who is involved in this endeavor? Exoplanet research is a collaborative endeavor that draws in
- [Fruit flies diversify their offspring when sick](https://serious-science.org/fruit-flies-diversify-their-offspring-when-sick-4807) - Fruit flies sense danger to their organism and influence the variability of their offspring accordingly
- [Squares versus circles: Why seahorses opt to be square](https://serious-science.org/squares-versus-circles-why-seahorses-opt-to-be-square-5382) - Scientists used 3D-printing technology to investigate the possible reasons why seahorse's tail evolved into its distinct shape
- [Silk biomaterials for bone marrow modeling and patient specific treatment](https://serious-science.org/silk-biomaterials-for-bone-marrow-modeling-and-patient-specific-treatment-2598) - New structure based on silk proteins enables laboratory studies of blood disease
- [Discovery of the innermost region of a young planetary system](https://serious-science.org/discovery-of-the-innermost-region-of-a-young-planetary-system-5085) - A possible formation of a planet is observed near the star in the HD 100546 system
- [Two-star clusters found in the Milky Way vertical border](https://serious-science.org/two-star-clusters-found-in-the-milky-way-vertical-border-2757) - Astronomers have found a cluster of stars which is controversial to the fact that clouds of star-forming material are rare and not expected to form stars
- [Geologists are setting a Stopwatch for a Yellowstone Eruption](https://serious-science.org/geologists-setting-stopwatch-for-yellowstone-eruption-3756) - Geologists assess the potential for future eruptions at Yellowstone volcano by studying those in the recent past
- [The Military History of Ideas](https://serious-science.org/the-military-history-of-ideas-11979) - Sociologist Viktor Vakhshtayn on the Wittgensteinian turn, betrayal of ideas, and how the unit became a number
- [Who Names the Planets?](https://serious-science.org/who-names-the-planets-11981) - And which of the names catch on?
- [A Self-Healing Sensor](https://serious-science.org/a-self-healing-sensor-5434) - Researchers create a multifunctional sensor that can 'heal' itself after being cut
- [Types of Immunodeficiencies and Their Treatments](https://serious-science.org/types-of-immunodeficiencies-and-their-treatments-11523) - An overview from birth to an old age
- [Sudden evolution of galaxies due to gas removal](https://serious-science.org/sudden-evolution-of-galaxies-due-to-gas-removal-2413) - Galaxies shutdown star formation suddenly when their entire cold gas reservoir is displaced
- [Dynamics of Neuronal Ensembles](https://serious-science.org/dynamics-of-neuronal-ensembles-12097) - On neuronal ensembles, computer models of the brain, and the Blue Brain Project
- [The Greenhouse Effect](https://serious-science.org/the-greenhouse-effect-11986) - Understanding the post-global warming world, english vineyards, and methods to reduce atmospheric CO2 levels
- [How to Combat Antibiotic Resistance](https://serious-science.org/how-to-combat-antibiotic-resistance-11506) - How nanoparticles, bacteriophages, and agricultural regulation can help combat antibiotic resistance
- [What Science Knows About Immunity: Innate, Adaptive, and More](https://serious-science.org/what-science-knows-about-immunity-innate-adaptive-and-more-11528) - Truth and myths about the structure and functioning of immunity
- [The "One Health" Concept: Predicting New Pandemics](https://serious-science.org/the-one-health-concept-predicting-new-pandemics-11502) - Why monitoring the health of wild animals is essential, and how can cats cause an epidemic among humans
- [Metamaterials and Invisibility](https://serious-science.org/metamaterials_and_invisibility-8424) - Physicist Martin McCall on Maxwell's equations, hiding objects with light, and invisibility cloaks
- [Causes of Aging](https://serious-science.org/causes-of-aging-9502) - Biogerontologist David Gems on different aging theories and the impact of genes on aging
- [Zoonoses: How Human and Animal Infections are Interconnected](https://serious-science.org/zoonoses-how-human-and-animal-infections-are-interconnected-11511) - How the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged, how to protect against zoonotic diseases, and why vaccinating domestic animals is important
- [Will We Switch to Renewable Energy Sources?](https://serious-science.org/will-we-switch-to-renewable-energy-sources-11985) - The advantages of renewable energy and how energy consumption will change in 50 years
- [How Nanorobots Are Used in Medicine?](https://serious-science.org/nanorobots-in-medicine-9686) - Professor of Physical Chemistry Peer Fischer on nanorobots, why are they so hard to work on and what might be their future application in medicine
- [X-Ray Tube](https://serious-science.org/x-ray-tube-11394) - Where do X-rays come from?
- [What is Critical Thinking?](https://serious-science.org/critical-thinking-11377) - A critical thinker doubts everything — including himself
- [The Working Principle of Neurointerfaces](https://serious-science.org/the-working-principle-of-neurointerfaces-11442) - Modern neuroscience, Camillo Golgi and the new generation of prostheses
- [Machine Learning, AI, Neural Networks: How Do They Differ from Each Other?](https://serious-science.org/machine-learning-ai-neural-networks-how-do-they-differ-from-each-other-11381) - A method, a function, a technology: which is which?
- [Political Theory of Technologies](https://serious-science.org/political-theory-of-technologies-11980) - Sociologist Viktor Vakhshtayn on technological evolution, military drones, and robotized power
- [The Expended Museum](https://serious-science.org/expended-museum-1178) - Professor of Romance Languages & Literature at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Jeffrey Schnapp on redesigning physical environments, collections in deep storage, and interwoven stories
- [Epigenetics Clocks](https://serious-science.org/epigenetics-clocks-11468) - Biologist Vadim Gladyshev on aging, DNA, and the biological age of organs
- [Climate Change and Human Impact](https://serious-science.org/climate-change-and-human-impact-9505) - Meteorologist Chris Brierley on the history of Earth and natural climate cycles
- [Earth-Like Planets](https://serious-science.org/earth-like-planets-11560) - What do we know about them?
- [Neural Basis of Social Interaction](https://serious-science.org/neural-basis-of-social-interaction-7926) - Neuropsychologist Chris Frith on mirror neurons, perception of biological motion, and mentalizing
- [The Birth of Cybernetics](https://serious-science.org/the-birth-of-cybernetics-11982) - How mathematician Norbert Wiener attempted to create a universal computer architecture based on the principles of the human brain
- [How Technology Affects Traditional Social Practices](https://serious-science.org/how-technology-affects-traditional-social-practices-11983) - Gadget interaction, digital surfing, and the "membrane principle"
- [How to Read People's Minds?](https://serious-science.org/11588-11984) - On neurointerfaces, robotic arms, brain research, and reading intentions
- ["Your kids are what you eat"](https://serious-science.org/your-kids-are-what-you-eat-5017) - Descendants of starved worms appear to be more resistant to starvation and heat stress
- [X-Ray Radiation](https://serious-science.org/x-ray-radiation-11427) - Mysterious rays that changed the world
- [A new way to use a single molecule to create a magnetic field sensor](https://serious-science.org/a-new-way-to-use-a-single-molecule-to-create-a-magnetic-field-sensor-2676) - Combination of nanotechnology and scanning tunneling microscopy offers the prospect of dramatically improving data storage
- [A flourishing biosphere with atmospheric nitrogen 3.2 billion years ago](https://serious-science.org/a-flourishing-biosphere-with-atmospheric-nitrogen-3-2-billion-years-ago-2496) - New Nature article debate dating of nitrogen fixation emergence
- ["In principle, one can make an ideal conducting channel along a designed path by just scratching the surface"](https://serious-science.org/one-can-make-an-ideal-conducting-channel-along-a-designed-path-by-just-scratching-the-surface-5496) - Physicist Markus Morgenstern on weak topological insulators, 2D materials, and spin pumping
- ["It is the only technology that can generate electricity directly from the breakdown of waste that we throw in the bin"](https://serious-science.org/microbial-fuel-cells-5233) - Biotechnologist Ioannis Ieropoulos on microbial fuel cells, waste treatment, and the ‘Pee-Power’ urinal
- ["My dream is that I will drive myself out of business as a scientist and will get computers to do science by themselves"](https://serious-science.org/my-dream-is-that-i-will-drive-myself-out-of-business-as-a-scientist-and-will-get-computers-to-do-science-by-themselves-5521) - Professor Ilya Nemenman on machine learning, the laws of biology, and the quest for a 'robot-scientist'
- [Standard Cosmological Model](https://serious-science.org/standard-cosmological-model-10115) - Astrostatistician Alan Heavens on the expanding Universe, cosmological constant, and why our cosmological model may be incomplete
- [Precision Cosmology](https://serious-science.org/precision-cosmology-990) - Physicist Max Tegmark on fluctuations in the early Universe, dark matter, dark energy, and the inflation theory
- [Earth's Magnetospere](https://serious-science.org/earths-magnetospere-9774) - Physicist David Southwood on how the magnetic field of Earth causes natural losses of spacecraft, the aurorae and why it’s important to study plasma physics
- [Fundamental Interactions](https://serious-science.org/fundamental-interactions-9954) - Physicist Jonathan Butterworth on the term ‘fundamental’, the forces of the Standard model and why gravity is so hard to investigate
- [Gravitational Lensing](https://serious-science.org/gravitational-lensing-9977) - Astrostatistician Alan Heavens on general relativity, how lensing can be used to observe dark matter and whether Einstein's theory of gravity might be wrong
- [Quantum Theory of Chemical Reactions](https://serious-science.org/quantum-theory-of-chemical-reactions-10042) - Chemist David Clary on quantum tunnelling, the rates of chemical reactions and how Schrödinger's equation helps us in chemical industry
- [Ultrafast Reactions](https://serious-science.org/ultrafast-reactions-10493) - Chemist David Phillips on the photolysis, reaction dynamics and how to understand the movement of atoms in a molecule
- [Superfluidity of Light](https://serious-science.org/superfluidity-of-light-10270) - Physicist Marzena Szymanska on the properties of photons, fluids of light and whether it’s possible to make a solid light
- [Proton - Proton Collisions at High Energy](https://serious-science.org/proton-collisions-high-energy-47) - Physicist Frank Taylor on the Higgs boson, supersymmetry, and physics beyond the Standard Model
- [Neutrino - Nucleon Scattering at High Energy](https://serious-science.org/neutrino-nucleon-scattering-at-high-energy-1528) - MIT Senior Research Scientist Frank Taylor on two types of current interactions, experiments with predictive power, and charge-conjugation parity
- [Reverse Engineering in Biology](https://serious-science.org/reverse-engineering-in-biology-245) - Harvard Research Scientist Leonid Peshkin on cell models, experiments in silico, and drug discovery
- [Structure and Character of the Internet](https://serious-science.org/structure-and-character-of-internet-695) - Computer scientist David Clark on security issues, the idea behind information-centric networking, and the influence of emerging mobile devices on the Internet
- [Problems of Modernization in Russia](https://serious-science.org/problems-of-modernization-in-russia-4359) - Historian of science Loren R. Graham on the mistakes Russian leaders make, intellectual property and risky investments
- [Self-aware Networks](https://serious-science.org/self-aware-networks-10122) - Computer scientist Erol Gelenbe on the idea of AI self-regulation, the goal function of a network and whether we can use self-aware networks for emergency management
- [Deep Learning](https://serious-science.org/deep-learning-10364) - AI specialist Jürgen Schmidhuber on credit assignment, recurrent neural networks and how can you solve the parity problem with a network of only five connections
- [Long Short-Term Memory](https://serious-science.org/long-short-term-memory-10386) - AI specialist Jürgen Schmidhuber on backpropagation, vanishing and exploding gradient problems and how LSTM helps to improve speech recognition
- [What is the Definition of a Robot?](https://serious-science.org/what-is-the-definition-of-a-robot-3587) - Robotics expert Mel Siegel on the features that a machine must have to be called a robot, previous studies, and the future of the field
- [Impacts of Mega Dams on Forest Animals](https://serious-science.org/impacts-of-mega-dams-on-forest-animals-3633) - The construction of dams in Central Amazonia proved to have long-term negative effect on the fauna diversity of the region
- [The Anthropocene Biosphere](https://serious-science.org/anthropocene-biosphere-3677) - Scientists have assessed the contribution of humans as a species to the history of life on Earth
- [Bacteria Shift Shape to Invade Human Microbiome](https://serious-science.org/bacteria-shift-shape-to-invade-human-microbiome-4011) - Two bacterial pathogens changed their very own cell shape as they adapted to the nasopharynx microbiome
- [The Birth of a Gas Giant Planet Observed](https://serious-science.org/birth-of-gas-giant-planet-observed-4234) - Scientists have used infrared camera to observe a gas giant planet that is still in the process of formation
- [Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization](https://serious-science.org/cosmic-microwave-background-polarization-4194) - Physicist Lyman Page on thermal radiation, quadrupolar distribution, and the early Universe
- [Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxies](https://serious-science.org/supermassive-black-holes-in-galaxies-4337) - Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine on glowing gas spiraling towards the fringe of the event horison, quasars, and guideposts in finding massive black holes
- [Quantum Cascade Laser](https://serious-science.org/quantum-cascade-laser-4361) - Physicist Federico Capasso on semiconductor materials, industrial process control, and beam engineering
- [Search for Life in Solar Vicinity](https://serious-science.org/search-for-life-in-solar-vicinity-4729) - Astronomer Jean-Loup Bertaux on the Doppler Shift, HARPS-spectrograph, and the habitable zone.
- [Oxygen sensor molecules assist breast cancer cells to disseminate](https://serious-science.org/oxygen-sensor-molecules-assist-breast-cancer-cells-to-disseminate-4803) - Blocking an oxygen sensor in a breast cancer tumor impairs its ability to metastacize
- [Building a Transistor from a Molecule and a Few Atoms](https://serious-science.org/building-a-transistor-from-a-molecule-and-a-few-atoms-2-4965) - Physicists observe single-molecule conductance behavior that could be important for future device technologies as well as for fundamental studies of electron transport in molecular nanostructures.
- [Prediction of Patient Deterioration](https://serious-science.org/prediction-of-patient-deterioration-4957) - Biomedical Engineer Thomas Heldt on preventive patient care, patterns of disease progression, and quantifying an individual's health
- [Discovery of Molecular Clouds in our Tiny Neighbor, the WLM Galaxy](https://serious-science.org/discovery-of-molecular-clouds-in-our-tiny-neighbor-the-wlm-galaxy-5024) - The dense cores of star-forming clouds have been observed for the first time in a tiny dwarf galaxy.
- [Computational Methods in Chemistry](https://serious-science.org/computational-methods-in-chemistry-5077) - Chemist Mark Tuckerman on the laws of motion, observables, and the Monte-Carlo approach
- [Quantizing Gravity](https://serious-science.org/quantizing-gravity-5124) - Theoretical physicist Xavier Bekaert on quantum interaction, coupling constant, and properties of gravity
- [Controlling and Reanimating the Brain](https://serious-science.org/controlling-and-reanimating-the-brain-5186) - Neuroscientist Emery Brown on the anesthetic state, the arousal network, and medical coma
- [Quantum Simulation](https://serious-science.org/quantum-simulation-5219) - Nobel Prize-winning physicist Wolfgang Ketterle on simulating superfluidity, 'atomic Legos', and a special-purpose quantum computer
- [The History in Our Genes](https://serious-science.org/the-history-in-our-genes-5256) - Exploring genetic similarities between human populations can help to fill gaps in history books
- [The climate and habitability of planets with eternal day and night sides](https://serious-science.org/the-climate-and-habitability-of-planets-with-eternal-day-and-night-sides-5289) - The new research investigates the climate states of rocky planets of Earth and Super-Earth-sizes with stable day and night sizes located in the habitable zones of red dwarf stars
- [Temporal Discounting](https://serious-science.org/temporal-discounting-5281) - Neuroscientist Samuel McClure on why we violate our best intentions, ‘dual selves model’, and pathways in our brain that process decisions
- [Bioinformatics After High Throughput Sequencing](https://serious-science.org/bioinformatics-after-high-throughput-sequencing-4961) - Bioinformatician Manja Marz on non-coding RNAs, the dynamic programming approach, and homology search
- [Controlling Noisy Dynamics in Biological Networks to Fight Cancer](https://serious-science.org/controlling-noisy-dynamics-in-biological-networks-to-fight-cancer-5376) - Healthy cells can be prevented from turning into cancerous cells via manipulation of “noise” component in cell functional network
- [ncRNAs Bioinformatics](https://serious-science.org/ncrnas-bioinformatics-5421) - Bioinformatician Manja Marz on assembling DNA reads, high-throughput sequencing, and reverse transcription
- [New Insights into Emotions in FIsh](https://serious-science.org/new-insights-into-emotions-in-fish-5555) - New finding seems to remove a key argument for lack of consciousness in fish
- [How Can Light Be Used to Repair Neurons?](https://serious-science.org/how-can-light-be-used-to-repair-neurons-5591) - Biologist Hernán López-Schier on optogenetics, photo-uncaging of chemical compounds, and Parkinsonian mice
- [Risk Taking Across the Life Span and Around the Globe](https://serious-science.org/risk-taking-across-the-life-span-and-around-the-globe-5658) - Researchers found a connection between the levels of hardship in the country and its citizens' propensity to take risks
- [Functional Joint Regeneration in Frogs](https://serious-science.org/functional-joint-regeneration-in-frogs-5701) - Researchers show for the first time that frogs can regenerate a functional leg
- [Protoplanetary Disk Structures](https://serious-science.org/protoplanetary-disk-structures-5892) - Astronomer Hauyu Baobab Liu on luminous stars, accretion of molecular gas, and the evolution of planetary systems
- [Hawking Radiation](https://serious-science.org/hawking-radiation-5978) - Matematician Hadi Godazgar on the Big Bang, black holes, and the Information Paradox
- [Geysers](https://serious-science.org/geysers-5986) - Professor Michael Manga on Robert Bunsen, El Jefe, and "bubble traps"
- [Supergravity and Kaluza-Klein Theory](https://serious-science.org/supergravity-and-kaluza-klein-theory-6362) - Mathematician Hadi Godazgar on supersymmetry, types of particles, and the complexity of the world
- [Higher Dimensional Gravity](https://serious-science.org/higher-dimensional-gravity-6741) - Mahdi Godazgar on traveling through the Earth, alternative solutions of black holes and possibility of life in higher dimensions
- [Lunar Maria](https://serious-science.org/lunar-maria-6848) - Astronomer Denilso Camargo on the Moon formation and the major environmental features of the lunar surface
- [Signal and Material Processing Through Biomembranes](https://serious-science.org/signal-and-material-processing-through-biomembranes-6918) - Biophysicist Georg Büldt on using fluorescent protein markers, hormonal communication during pregnancy, and in-vitro systems of protein synthesis
- [Exoplanets](https://serious-science.org/exoplanets-7320) - Astrophysicist Didier Queloz on the how to find exoplanets, their impact on astronomy, and the uniqueness of our Solar System.
- [Computational Modeling of the Brain](https://serious-science.org/computational-modeling-of-the-brain-7557) - Neuroscientist Sylvain Baillet on the Human Brain Project, implementing the brain in silico, and neural networks
- [Formal Logic](https://serious-science.org/formal-logic-7598) - Philosopher Dennis Bonnay on metamathematics, set theory, and the Gödel's theorem
- [The Essence of Gravity](https://serious-science.org/the-essence-of-gravity-7772) - Physicist Martin Rees on Isaac Newton, theory of general relativity, and black holes
- [Electron Cryomicroscopy](https://serious-science.org/electron_cryomicroscopy-8423) - Molecular Biologist Richard Henderson on blobology, 2D crystals, and the resolution revolution
- [Single-Particle Electron Microscopy](https://serious-science.org/single-particle-electron-microscopy-8637) - Richard Henderson on the advantages of cryomicroscopy, factors limiting new discoveries, and the history of molecular biology
- [Life on Exoplanets](https://serious-science.org/life-on-exoplanets-8800) - Astrophysicist Didier Queloz on whether we can find life on Mars, Proxima Centauri, and the importance of oxygen
- [Post-Truth](https://serious-science.org/post-truth-8875) - Philosopher and sociologist of science Steve Fuller on the blurred distinction between true and false, fake news, and Plato anticipating the post-truth situation
- [Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer](https://serious-science.org/photodynamic-therapy-of-cancer-9018) - Chemist David Philips on the phenomenon of phototoxicity, characteristics of the dyestuff, and limitations of photodynamic therapy
- [Carbon Coating for Data Storage](https://serious-science.org/carbon-coating-for-data-storage-9108) - Nanotechnologist Andrea Ferrari on the perpendicular recording, diamond-like carbon, and magnetic storage
- [Metabolic Phenotyping in Health and Disease](https://serious-science.org/metabolic-phenotyping-in-health-and-disease-9107) - Biochemist Ian Wilson on the interaction between genotype and phenotype, prediction of metabolic disease, and the analysis of the metabolites
- [Dark Matter](https://serious-science.org/dark-matter-2-9470) - Physicist John Ellis on discovery of dark matter, ways to look for it and what dark matter particles might be
- [Moons of Saturn](https://serious-science.org/moons-of-saturn-9494) - Physicist Michele Dougherty on Cassini and Voyager missions and the possibility of life on Enceladus
- [Human Impact on Freshwater Ecosystem](https://serious-science.org/human-impact-on-freshwater-ecosystem-9660) - Geographer Anson Mackay on freshwater pollution, acid rains and the dangers of invasive species and algal blooms
- [The Big Bang Theory](https://serious-science.org/the-big-bang-theory-9698) - Theoretical Physicist Ugo Moschella on the history of the Universe, symmetry breaking and the Electroweak theory
- [Magnetic Field of Saturn](https://serious-science.org/magnetic-field-of-saturn-9927) - Physicist Michele Dougherty on the planetary dynamo, Cassini’s flybys of Saturn and why the nature of the magnetic field of Saturn remains unknown
- [Genome Annotation](https://serious-science.org/genome-annotation-9929) - Bioinformatician Tim Hubbard on the process of identifying genes, protein genes and RNA genes, and how many genes are there in the human genome
- [Standard Model and Supersymmetry](https://serious-science.org/standard-model-and-supersymmetry-9971) - Physicist John Ellis on the history of particle physics, the properties of the Standard model particles and why the supersymmetry theory is so promising
- [Random Neural Networks](https://serious-science.org/random-neural-networks-9974) - Computer scientist Erol Gelenbe on the communication of neurons, mathematical properties of the random neural networks and how can they be applied
- [Accelerated Ageing in COPD](https://serious-science.org/accelerated-ageing-in-copd-10079) - Respiratory scientist Peter Barnes on cellular senescence, sirtuins and how can we reverse some of the chronic diseases of ageing
- [Deep Feedforward Neural Networks](https://serious-science.org/deep-feedforward-neural-networks-10374) - AI specialist Jürgen Schmidhuber on the first deep networks, backpropagation and whether you can train a network without unsupervised pre-training
- [When Will We Run Out of Fresh Water?](https://serious-science.org/when-will-we-run-out-of-fresh-water-10417) - Geographer Anson Mackay on the freshwater resources, planetary boundaries and lake Urmia
- [Brain Organoids](https://serious-science.org/brain-organoids-10510) - Neurobiologist Madeline Lancaster on brain development, cerebral organoids and how close they are to actually being brains
- [Synthetic Biology](https://serious-science.org/synthetic-biology-2-9024) - Biologist Steven Benner on artificial life, bioengineering, and challenges for synthetic biology
- [3D Bioprinting Applied for Tissue Engineering](https://serious-science.org/3d-bioprinting-applied-for-tissue-engineering-1807) - Bioengineer Ali Khademhosseini on the challenge of biocompatibility, biological inks, and printing organs on the go
- [Contracting Human Muscle Tissue Created](https://serious-science.org/contracting-human-muscle-tissue-created-2203) - New eLife paper explains how artificially generated human muscle cells will help develop novel treatments
- [Synthetic Biology](https://serious-science.org/synthetic-biology-46) - Bioengineer James Collins on genetic toggle switch in E. coli, bacteriophage, and engineered probiotics
- [Biomedical Signal Processing](https://serious-science.org/biomedical-signal-processing-1966) - MIT Assistant Prof. Thomas Heldt on new ways to monitor patient health, how patients and clinicians can benefit from biomedical signalling, and the future of this field of research
- [Tissue Engineering Applied to Cancer](https://serious-science.org/tissue-engineering-applied-cancer-3346) - Biologist Ali Khademhosseini on tissue engineering, drug testing, and nanomedicines for cancer
- [Genome Medicine](https://serious-science.org/genome-medicine-9720) - Bioinformatician Tim Hubbard on the ‘100,000 Genomes Project’, how to use genome data in diagnostics and treatment and what challenges the genome medicine is facing
- [Spacetime Symmetries in Elementary Particle Physics](https://serious-science.org/spacetime-symmetries-in-elementary-particle-physics-9102) - Theoretical physicist Xavier Bekaert on the superposition principle, unitarity of particles, and the ways to classify elementary particles
- [Matter and Antimatter Symmetry](https://serious-science.org/matter-and-antimatter-symmetry-23) - Physicist John Doyle on the Big Bang, time-reversal symmetry, and the electric dipole moment of the electron
- [Origin of Complexity in the Universe](https://serious-science.org/origin-of-complexity-in-universe-50) - MIT Professor Seth Lloyd on the origin of life, the butterfly effect, and the Universe as a quantum computer
- [The Mathematical Structure of Our Universe](https://serious-science.org/the-mathematical-structure-of-our-universe-2600) - Physicist Max Tegmark on using mathematics to explain the Universe, and how we could develop software to map all mathematical structures
- [Black Holes](https://serious-science.org/black-holes-5985) - Theoretical physicist Mahdi Godazgar on Einstein's equations, the event horizon, and spaghettification
- [Is There a Ninth Planet in the Solar System?](https://serious-science.org/is-there-a-ninth-planet-in-the-solar-system-6292) - On the structure of the Solar System, the Kuiper Belt, and the discovery of Planet X
- [Why Does Earth Have a Moon?](https://serious-science.org/why-does-earth-have-a-moon-7937) - Astronomer Denilso Camargo on the origin of the Moon, its interaction with the Sun and Earth, and formation processes of terrestrial planets
- [Teaching Online](https://serious-science.org/teaching-online-264) - Physicist Walter Lewin on massive open online courses, OpenCourseWare at MIT, and how it all started from "help sessions" in 1980s
- [Search for Extraterrestrial Genomes](https://serious-science.org/search-for-extraterrestrial-genomes-780) - Astrobiologist Christopher Carr on the Late Heavy Bombardment, deinococcus radiodurans, and the polymerase chain reaction
- [Homework for Mastering Physics](https://serious-science.org/homework-for-mastering-physics-1016) - Physicist David Pritchard on private tutors, academic performance, and personalized education
- [Coding as the New Literacy](https://serious-science.org/coding-as-new-literacy-1546) - Professor Mitchel Resnick on the benefits of learning to code, use of programming in everyday life, and the development of Scratch
- [Black Silicon](https://serious-science.org/black-silicon-676) - Physicist Eric Mazur on semiconductor surfaces, light detection, and the conversion of solar energy into electrical energy
- [Optical Magnetic Imaging of Living Cells](https://serious-science.org/optical-magnetic-imaging-of-living-cells-4349) - Physicist Ronald Walsworth on non-invasive measurement tools, N-V color centers in nanodiamonds, and magnetotactic bacteria
- [Prime Numbers](https://serious-science.org/prime-numbers-6114) - Mathematician James Maynard on the Riemann Hypothesis, Euclid's proof, and the problems of Paul Erdős
- [Curiosity Rover](https://serious-science.org/curiosity-rover-6266) - Mars Science Laboratory Project Scientist Ashwin Vasavada on finding signs of a habitable environement, the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, and Mars 2020
- [Interplanetary Satellites and Distributed Systems of Small Satellites](https://serious-science.org/interplanetary-satellites-and-distributed-systems-of-small-satellites-5971) - Professor Klaus Schilling on Cassini-Huygens space mission, adventures of Philae spacecraft, and autonomous reactions
- [Evolutionary Algorithms](https://serious-science.org/evolutionary-algorithms-6330) - Computer scientist Joseph Brown on Darwinian evolution, genetic algorithms, and the zombie apocalypse
- [Earthquakes](https://serious-science.org/earthquakes-7614) - Seismologist Richard Allen on the history of earthquakes, the forces that drive plate tectonics, and new ways of collecting data
- [Actor-Network Theory: Machines and Authority](https://serious-science.org/actor-network-theory-machines-and-authority-7716) - Communication scholar Grant Kien on intercontinental ballistic missiles, critical geography, and John Locke
- [Practical Applications of Cloud Computing](https://serious-science.org/practical-applications-of-cloud-computing-7593) - Computer scientist José Luis Vázquez Poletti on supercomputers, weather forecasts, and Amazon
- [Freedom and Technology](https://serious-science.org/freedom_and_technology-8461) - Economist David Friedman on a future of humanity, global warning, and menace to liberty
- [Cognitive Neuroscience](https://serious-science.org/cognitive_neuroscience-8462) - Neuroscientist Neil Burgess on the origin of neuroscience, drugs in clinical psychology, and the revolution in molecular biology
- [Online Counselling Psychology](https://serious-science.org/online-counselling-psychology-10438) - Psychologist Terry Hanley on the history of distant counselling, the outcomes of the online therapy and the new skills counselors need to develop
- [Newborn Face Perception Simulated](https://serious-science.org/newborn-face-perception-simulated-3652) - Parents can finally find out how their newborn children see them
- [Neurophilosophy](https://serious-science.org/neurophilosophy-4079) - Philosopher Patricia Churchland on discoveries in neuroscience, split consciousness, and levels of organisation in a neural circuit
- [Clinical  Brain Imaging](https://serious-science.org/clinical-brain-imaging-7217) - Neuroscientist Sylvain Baillet on CT scanning, the way MRI works, and other techniques that revolutionized medicine
- [Deep Brain Stimulation](https://serious-science.org/deep-brain-stimulation-8029) - Physiologist John Stein on Parkinson's disease, the applications of deep brain stimulation, and its side effects
- [Brain Imaging](https://serious-science.org/brain-imaging-8755) - Neuroscientist Karl Friston on different types of brain measurement techniques, people's reaction to emotional stimuli, and the possibility of brain mapping
- [Neural Networks](https://serious-science.org/neural-networks-9479) - Computer scientist Erol Gelenbe on history of neural networks research, Lapicque equation and reinforcement learning
- [Dynamic Causal Modelling](https://serious-science.org/dynamic-causal-modelling-8172) - Neuroscientist Karl Friston on functional specialization of different brain areas, brain hierarchy, and the connectome
- [On the History of Time](https://serious-science.org/on-the-history-of-time-9008) - Philosopher Andrew Haas on the aristotelean understanding of time, subjective and objective perception of this phenomenon, and an aspect of being
- [Philosophy of Logic](https://serious-science.org/philosophy-of-logic-7820) - Philosopher Dennis Bonnay on logical pluralism, the liar's paradox, and reflective equilibrium
- [On the History of Being](https://serious-science.org/on-the-history-of-being-9007) - Philosopher Andrew Haas on various definitions of the concept of being, ancient principle "Tertium non datur", and how Heidegger changed modern philosophy
- [Causal Hypotheses in Medicine](https://serious-science.org/causal-hypotheses-in-medicine-10404) - Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on the difference between correlation and causation, controlled experiments and the placebo effect
- [Popper and Kuhn on Theory Change](https://serious-science.org/popper-and-kuhn-on-theory-change-10268) - Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on the scientific revolutions, falsifiability and what are the main features of a scientific hypothesis
- [Media Literacy](https://serious-science.org/media-literacy-9014) - Media scientist Renira Rampazzo Gambarato on the freedom of speech online, netiquette, and the importance of media literacy acquisition in the modern world
- [Politics and Einstein Relativity Theory](https://serious-science.org/politics-and-einstein-relativity-theory-1076) - Physicist David Kaiser on measuring time delay, problems of communications during war, and governments impact on fundamental science
- [Resilience and Reliability of the Internet](https://serious-science.org/resilience-and-reliability-of-the-internet-1964) - Computer scientist David Clark on the user's role in ensuring internet resilience, the policy of communications service providers, and technological problems the industry now faces
- [Greek and Roman Meteorology](https://serious-science.org/greek-and-roman-meteorology-8624) - Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on the relations between myths and science, the ancient attempts at weather forecasting, and its impact on economics
- [Theory-Change and Scientific Realism](https://serious-science.org/theory-change-and-scientific-realism-9304) - Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on scientific revolutions, continuity of science, and the change of Newtonian physics by Einstein's theory
- [The History and Social Study of Science](https://serious-science.org/history-and-social-study-of-science-1351) - MIT Prof. Loren Graham on biomedical ethics, challenges of becoming an academic discipline, and the impact of technology on society
- [Science Communication in Ancient Greece](https://serious-science.org/science-communication-in-ancient-greece-8177) - Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on Aristotle, the cattle problem, and art as a means of science communication
- [Governance of Science](https://serious-science.org/governance-of-science-8830) - Philosopher and sociologist of science Steve Fuller on the peer-review process, the relationship between scientists and policymakers, and public engagement in the scientific process
- [The Role of Science in Art](https://serious-science.org/the-role-of-science-in-art-10265) - Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on the art market, the ‘American Leonardo’ and why connoisseurship doesn't work in a court of law
- [Meritocracy and Topocracy of Networks](https://serious-science.org/meritocracy-and-topocracy-of-networks-56) - Economist Cesar Hidalgo on the meritocratic system, rock star behavior, and market mechanisms
- [Digital Humanities](https://serious-science.org/digital-humanities-673) - Harvard Professor Jeffrey Schnapp on print as a tremendously powerful medium, dynamic media forms, and the World Wide Web as the defining public space of our time
- [Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age](https://serious-science.org/rethinking-learning-in-digital-age-761) - Professor Mitchel Resnick on ways to transform education, the Lego Mindstorms, and the idea of constructionist learning
- [History of Predicting Internet Future](https://serious-science.org/history-of-predicting-internet-future-1068) - MIT Senior Research Scientist David Clark on contention in communication industry, alternative to the Internet, and visionaries' disappearance
- [Power of Disorganization Information in Digital Age](https://serious-science.org/power-of-disorganization-information-in-digital-age-1268) - Harvard Senior Researcher David Weinberger on three orders of organization, defference between data and meta-data, and controled vocabulary approach
- [Teaching Mathematics Online](https://serious-science.org/teaching-mathematics-online-1465) - Mathematician Gilbert Strang on eigenvalues of matrices, lessons with millions of students, and loss of personal interaction
- [Daylong Learning](https://serious-science.org/daylong-learning-3625) - Professor Mitchel Resnick on computer clubhouses for kids, principles of effective learning and designing, and school education system
- [Principles of Invention](https://serious-science.org/principles-of-invention-3679) - Microbiologist Kim Lewis on the engineering approach to invention, the perfect solution, and abstracting the problem in biology
- [Actor-Network Theory](https://serious-science.org/actor-network-theory-5973) - Communication scholar Grant Kien on relational materiality, messy networks, and power as a social phenomenon
- [Transmedia Storytelling](https://serious-science.org/transmedia-storytelling-7392) - Media Scientist Renira Rampazzo Gambarato on multiplatform production, crossmedia and the world of Harry Potter
- [Transmedia Storytelling as Supersystem](https://serious-science.org/transmedia-storytelling-as-supersystem-7596) - Media Scientist Renira Rampazzo Gambarato on the theory of systems, the elements of transmedia storytelling, and interaction with the storyworld
- [Digital Anthropology](https://serious-science.org/digital-anthropology-8688) - Daniel Miller on visual communication, cultural differences in digital behavior, and why people prefer one social medium over another
- [Changing Nature of Knowledge in the Internet Epoch](https://serious-science.org/changing-nature-knowledge-in-internet-epoch-723) - Harvard Senior Researcher David Weinberger on how filtering on the Internet is organized, and the web of knowledge which is completely public and incredibly rich
- [End of Knowledge](https://serious-science.org/end-of-knowledge-9099) - Philosopher and sociologist of science Steve Fuller on the difference between ontology and epistemology, transhumanism and understanding of everything
- [Social Epistemology](https://serious-science.org/social-epistemology-9105) - Philosopher and sociologist of science Steve Fuller on collective and individualistic nature of knowledge, elitist knowledge production, and distinctive features of academic knowledge
- [Logical Paradoxes](https://serious-science.org/logical-paradoxes-7406) - Historian and Philosopher of Logic Stephen Read on the history of paradoxes, semantic paradoxes, and its direct connection to the foundations of mathematics
- [Ice Ages](https://serious-science.org/ice-ages-6184) - Geologist Philip Gibbard on Louis Agassiz, the Quaternary, and the Effects of Global Warming
- [Wildfires](https://serious-science.org/wildfires-9677) - Mike Flannigan, Professor of Wildland Fire, on the link between wildfires and global warming, the future of wildfires and human impact
- [Prime Numbers](https://serious-science.org/prime-numbers-jones-9723) - Mathematician Gareth Jones on number theory, why there are infinitely many of prime numbers and how to calculate the proportion of prime numbers up to any given n
- [Self-recognition](https://serious-science.org/self-recognition-9793) - Neuroscientist Onur Güntürkün on the ability of self-recognition, the mirror test and why pigeons are frightened of their own reflection
- [History of Laughter](https://serious-science.org/history-of-laughter-9786) - Historian Peter Jones on three theories of laughter, humour as a way of doing politics and how laughter was perceived in the Medieval Europe
- [Cassini Mission](https://serious-science.org/cassini-mission-9724) - Physicist David Southwood on the history of the Cassini mission, landing on Titan and why does humanity need to explore space
- [Cloud Computing](https://serious-science.org/cloud-computing-gelenbe-9719) - Computer scientist Erol Gelenbe on the energy consumption in cloud servers, fog computing and why do data centres require special design of networks
- [Self-construction](https://serious-science.org/self-construction-9795) - Neuroscientist Onur Güntürkün on depersonalization, the rubber hand illusion and how synchronous nerve impulses create the feeling that your body is your body
- [The New Science of Culture](https://serious-science.org/the-new-science-of-culture-9768) - Evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi on the division into natural sciences and humanities, how to read art using the machine learning and why culture should be studied as an evolutionary science
- [Fresh Water and Climate Change](https://serious-science.org/fresh-water-and-climate-change-9769) - Geographer Anson Mackay on threats to fresh water, the dangers of dead zones in the lakes and how people can adapt to the extreme climate events
- [Genes and the Environment](https://serious-science.org/genes-and-the-environment-9770) - Geneticist Steve Jones on the nature-nurture controversy, genetics of obesity and how can you solve genetic promlems by changing the environment
- [Undecidable Problems](https://serious-science.org/undecidable-problems-9772) - Mathematician Gareth Jones on Gödel's incompleteness theorem, the halting problem and why the subsets of the natural numbers are uncountably infinite
- [Early Universe](https://serious-science.org/early-universe-9771) - Physicist John Ellis on the evidences that the universe is not static, Einstein's equations and what is dark energy
- [Cancer](https://serious-science.org/cancer-9773) - Oncologist Justin Stebbing on different types of treatment for cancer, gene sequencing and what does it mean to cure cancer
- [Materiality in the History of Christianity](https://serious-science.org/materiality-in-the-history-of-christianity-9903) - Historian Peter Jones on the medieval obsession with relics, Christian heresies and why we shouldn’t reduce objects just down to their function or purpose
- [Bipolar Disorder](https://serious-science.org/bipolar-disorder-9767) - Psychiatrist Guy Goodwin on the causes of bipolar disorder, why manic episodes are so dangerous and what medicines can be used to stabilise the mood
- [Treatment of Aging](https://serious-science.org/treatment-of-aging-9946) - Biogerontologist David Gems on the innate plasticity in aging, senolytic drugs and whether we should expect dramatic breakthrough in the aging field
- [Genes and Sunlight](https://serious-science.org/genes-and-sunlight-9968) - Geneticist Steve Jones on skin cancer, the effect of vitamin D and why the sunlight is good for health and dangerous at the same time
- [Carbon Cycle](https://serious-science.org/carbon-cycle-9970) - Geographer Mathias Disney on carbonate deposits in the ocean, how wildfires release the carbon in the atmosphere and why it’s so hard to model the interactions between the biota and the carbon cycle
- [Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis](https://serious-science.org/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-9969) - Neurologist Kevin Talbot on the history of neurological research, genetics of ALS and the modern view on the origin and propagation of the motor neuron dysfunction
- [Saturn's Mysteries](https://serious-science.org/saturns-mysteries-9976) - Physicist David Southwood on the origin of Saturn’s rings, the length of the day on Saturn and why the magnetic field of Saturn is so strange
- [Mutations in Humans](https://serious-science.org/mutations-in-humans-9972) - Evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi on the ways to understand the functions of all human genes, Cyclopia or holoprosencephaly and what is physical beauty
- [Tropical Cyclone](https://serious-science.org/tropical-cyclone-9973) - Meteorologist Chris Brierley on the tropical cyclogenesis, the distribution of tropical cyclones on the planet and the ways climate change affects the storms
- [Personalized Therapy of Cancer](https://serious-science.org/personalized-therapy-of-cancer-9975) - Oncologist Justin Stebbing on targeted therapies, side effects of chemotherapy and how multidisciplinary approach can help to improve survival of patients with cancer
- [The Nature of Language](https://serious-science.org/the-nature-of-language-9722) - Linguist David Adger on the similarities between all the languages, creation of the new grammatical rules and how social factors affect your word choice
- [Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease](https://serious-science.org/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-10040) - Respiratory scientist Peter Barnes on the risk factors of COPD, the ways to diagnose it and how is it different from asthma
- [Voluntary Action](https://serious-science.org/voluntary-action-10041) - Cognitive neuroscientist Patrick Haggard on the definition of voluntary action, what are the underlying mental processes of volition and whether we have a conscious free will
- [Group Theory](https://serious-science.org/group-theory-9978) - Mathematician Gareth Jones on abelian and non-abelian groups, the symmetry of geometric objects and what are the principles a group must satisfy
- [Glaciology](https://serious-science.org/glaciology-10043) - Glaciologist Martin Siegert on the ice sheets in Greenland and in Antarctica, the Larsen Ice Shelf and how the glaciers melt
- [Neurobiology of Mood Disorders](https://serious-science.org/neurobiology-of-mood-disorders-10087) - Psychiatrist Guy Goodwin on the monoamine theory of depression, cognitive behaviour therapy and why some people are more affected by depressions than others
- [Language and Artificial Intelligence](https://serious-science.org/language-and-artificial-intelligence-10095) - Linguist David Adger on the Facebook chatbots experiment, the history of getting the AI to understand and speak human languages and what’s the difference between humans and computers in using language
- [Genetic Diversity in Humans](https://serious-science.org/genetic-diversity-in-humans-10121) - Geneticist Steve Jones on the history of genetics, protein diversity, and why every person is truly unique
- [Water Security](https://serious-science.org/water-security-10123) - Geographer Anson Mackay on the ecosystem services, the demands on freshwater around the Earth and the decline in biodiversity
- [ATLAS Experiment](https://serious-science.org/atlas-experiment-10124) - Physicist Jonathan Butterworth on the collisions of particles, the Large Hadron Collider detectors, and how to detect a neutrino
- [Motor Neurons](https://serious-science.org/motor-neurons-10177) - Neurologist Kevin Talbot on the RNA transport down the axons, spinal muscular atrophy and why human motor neurons are vulnerable to diseases
- [Forest Degradation](https://serious-science.org/forest-degradation-10126) - Geographer Mathias Disney on the deforestation, forested environments and what is needed to reduce deforestation and degradation
- [Ageing and Disease](https://serious-science.org/aging-and-disease-10127) - Biogerontologist David Gems on the senescence, medical approach to aging and how can you research the fundamental biology of aging
- [The Evolution of Altruism](https://serious-science.org/the-evolution-of-altruism-10128) - Philosopher Jonathan Birch on altruism in amoebas, Hamilton's rule and the green beard gene
- [Knowledge in Art](https://serious-science.org/knowledge-in-art-10232) - Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on connoisseurship, how can we tell an original painting from a copy and why lesser details are so important in art
- [Tactile Sensitivity](https://serious-science.org/tactile-sensitivity-10125) - Cognitive neuroscientist Patrick Haggard on the Pacinian corpuscle, three attributes of the tactile sensations and how do we create a single coherent experience of what we touch
- [Music and Williams Syndrome](https://serious-science.org/music-and-williams-syndrome-10246) - Psychologist Pamela Heaton on the areas of strength in children with Williams syndrome, how do they recognise emotions and how music can help them to improve various cognitive skills
- [Dessins d'Enfants](https://serious-science.org/dessins-denfants-10245) - Mathematician Gareth Jones on compact Riemann surfaces, algebraic numbers and what is the absolute Galois group
- [Earth Observations](https://serious-science.org/earth-observations-10263) - Physicist David Southwood on the exploration of the oceans, Earth meteorology and how can we observe climate change from space
- [Glaciology and Climate Change](https://serious-science.org/glaciology-and-climate-change-10264) - Glaciologist Martin Siegert on the history of glacial theory, lake Vostok research and what ice tells us about the Earth’s climate in the past
- [Cultural Evolution of Altruism](https://serious-science.org/cultural-evolution-of-altruism-10267) - Philosopher Jonathan Birch on memes, cultural evolution and the difference in altruistic behaviour between humans and chimpanzees
- [Animals and Human Communication](https://serious-science.org/animals-and-human-communication-10269) - Linguist David Adger on sound processing in animals, bonobo Kanzi and the nature of linguistic differences between animals and humans
- [Music and Brain](https://serious-science.org/music-and-brain-10271) - Psychologist Lauren Stewart on congenital amusia, earworms and how music affects mental and physical health
- [El Niño](https://serious-science.org/el-nino-10272) - Meteorologist Chris Brierley on the Southern Oscillation, the background state of the Pacific Ocean and why it’s so hard to model El Niño
- [Scientific Examination of Art](https://serious-science.org/scientific-examination-of-art-10266) - Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on the documentation techniques in art forensics, types of paints and how can we use spectrum analysis to detect art forgeries
- [Laws of Growth and Natural Selection](https://serious-science.org/laws-of-growth-and-natural-selection-10273) - Biologist Arkhat Abzhanov on adaptive radiation, Darwin's finches and allopatric speciation
- [The Impact of Higgs Boson Discovery](https://serious-science.org/the-impact-of-higgs-boson-discovery-10274) - Physicist Jonathan Butterworth on the predictions of the Standard Model, new excitement about physics and future experiments beyond the Standard Model
- [Crossmedia, Multimedia and Transmedia](https://serious-science.org/crossmedia-multimedia-and-transmedia-10276) - Media Scientist Renira Rampazzo Gambarato on three different types of transmedia stories, ‘The Matrix’ and why do we need transmedia stories
- [Animal Sentience](https://serious-science.org/animal-sentience-10350) - Philosopher Jonathan Birch on animal welfare, indicators of sentience and how to determine whether a crab feels any pain
- [Effect of Music on the Brain](https://serious-science.org/effect-of-music-on-the-brain-10358) - Psychologist Lauren Stewart on the musical perception, the emotional effects of listening to music and how can people with congenital amusia appreciate music
- [Skull Modularity in Evolutionary Morphology](https://serious-science.org/skull-modularity-in-evolutionary-morphology-10394) - Biologist Arkhat Abzhanov on morphological diversity in birds, Hawaiian honeycreepers and how data on skull modularity can help to treat craniofacial abnormalities in humans
- [Climate Observations](https://serious-science.org/climate-observations-10399) - Meteorologist Chris Brierley on the first measurements of climate, weather forecasts and how can we double check the accuracy of the old climate readings
- [Photochemistry](https://serious-science.org/photochemistry-10410) - Chemist David Phillips on the electron spin, singlet states and the singlet oxygen
- [Gödel Machine](https://serious-science.org/godel-machine-10426) - AI specialist Jürgen Schmidhuber on Kurt Gödel, meta learning and fundamental limitations of computability
- [Speed Prior](https://serious-science.org/speed-prior-10440) - AI specialist Jürgen Schmidhuber on inductive inference, universal Solomonoff prior and measuring probability of different events
- [Panopticon in Russia](https://serious-science.org/panopticon-in-russia-10503) - Historian of Science Simon Werret on Michel Foucault, the Grigory Potemkin’s estate and theatricality of Samuel Bentham’s panopticon
- [Education in the Middle Ages](https://serious-science.org/education-in-the-middle-ages-10530) - Historian Peter Jones on monastic education, cathedral schools and apprenticeship in the Middle Ages
- [Overqualification in Employment](https://serious-science.org/overqualification-in-employment-10539) - David Dussault on the value of PhD, the needs of the employers and why a career trajectory should not be linear
- [Liberal Arts Education](https://serious-science.org/liberal-arts-education-10545) - Daniel Kontowski on the idea of liberal education, its learning outcomes and the consumerist approach to education
- [Medieval Universities](https://serious-science.org/medieval-universities-10553) - Historian Peter Jones on the first European universities, different models of the education regulation and the proliferation of universities at the end of the Middle Ages
- [Higher Education and Employability](https://serious-science.org/higher-education-and-employability-10560) - David Dussault on the ideal type of students, gig economy and the difference between skills and knowledge
- [Student Life in the Medieval Universities](https://serious-science.org/student-life-in-the-medieval-universities-10575) - Historian Peter Jones on the seven liberal arts, first textbooks and drinking as part of the student culture
- [Arts and Humanities in Higher Education](https://serious-science.org/arts-and-humanities-in-higher-education-10582) - David Dussault on human relationships, life experience and how to understand the influence that IT has on our everyday life
- [Liberal Arts Curriculum](https://serious-science.org/liberal-arts-curriculum-10588) - Daniel Kontowski on the freedom of students, prescribed curriculum and a ‘cafeteria’ model of education
- [Academic Freedom in Medieval Universities](https://serious-science.org/academic-freedom-in-medieval-universities-10597) - Historian Peter Jones on Peter Abelard, logical analysis of the Scripture and what was the role of the universities in the Middle Ages
- [5 Books about DNA Structure](https://serious-science.org/5-books-about-dna-structure-5340) - What to read about the major store of biological information in living organisms
- [Swarm Robotics](https://serious-science.org/swarm-robotics-5630) - Computer scientist Thomas Schmickl on bio-inspired robotics, virtual embryogenesis, and symbiotic multi-robot organisms
- [Quantum Cryptography](https://serious-science.org/quantum-cryptography-5780) - Physicist Hoi-Kwong Lo on quantum key distribution, "flying qubits", and quantum hacking
- [Ribosome and the Origin of Life](https://serious-science.org/ribosome-and-the-origin-of-life-5814) - On the the evolution of the ribosome, the central dogma of molecular biology, and what lies beyond the root of the tree of life
- [Hydrogen Fuel Cells](https://serious-science.org/hydrogen-fuel-cells-5833) - Chemical engineer Dionisios Vlachos on the Apollo space missions, overpotentials, and proton exchange membranes
- [Brain's Navigational System](https://serious-science.org/brains-navigational-system-6038) - Neuroscientist Freyja Ólafsdóttir on the hippocampus, place cells, and the cognitive map
- [Silk Road](https://serious-science.org/silk-road-6150) - Historian Valerie Hansen on cultural exchange, the history of the Silk Road, and the historical documents that are used to study it
- [Bilingualism](https://serious-science.org/bilingualism-6172) - Psychologist Ellen Bialystok on simultaneous learning of different writing systems, cognitive reserve, and multilingualism
- [Hallucinations](https://serious-science.org/hallucinations-6272) - Neuroscientist Paul Allen on schizophrenia, self-regulation of neural activity, and famous voice-hearers
- [Kuiper Belt](https://serious-science.org/kuiper-belt-6274) - Astronomer David Jewitt on his discovery of the first Kuiper Belt object, origins of comets, and planetary migration
- [Sex in the Middle Ages](https://serious-science.org/sex-in-the-middle-ages-6345) - Historian Ruth Mazo Karras on church court records, means of contraception, and sex and gender roles in the Middle Ages
- [Constructed Languages](https://serious-science.org/constructed-languages-6242) - Linguist Marc van Oostendorp on international communication, beautiful and ugly sounds, and paradox of constructed languages
- [Marie Curie](https://serious-science.org/marie-curie-6408) - Biographer and historian of science Naomi Pasachoff on the discovery of radium and polonium, acquaintance with Einstein, and Curie's double Nobel award
- [Pterosaurs](https://serious-science.org/pterosaurs-6484) - Paleobiologist David Martill on pterodactyls, computer X-ray tomography, and the evolution of flight
- [Ant Wars](https://serious-science.org/ant-wars-6652) - Zoologist and entomologist Sean O'Donnell on Army Ants, chemical weapons, and invasive species
- [Theory of Evolution](https://serious-science.org/theory-of-evolution-6344) - Biologist Steve Jones on Darwin, Lamarck, and the uneasy relationship between evolution and genetics
- [Alexander the Great](https://serious-science.org/alexander-the-great-6490) - Historian Ian Worthington on one of the most significant characters of the Ancient world, Macedonian drinking traditions, and sexuality in Antiquity
- [Quakers](https://serious-science.org/quakers-6493) - Historian of religion Thomas Hamm on George Fox, the Religious Society of Friends, and the idea of equality
- [Autism](https://serious-science.org/autism-6732) - Psychologist Helen Tager-Flusberg on theory of mind, comorbidity, and symptoms of autism
- [What Is Time?](https://serious-science.org/what-is-time-6742) - Physicist Mahdi Godazgar on the arrow of time, Schrödinger equation, and Einstein's relativity theory
- [Nicaraguan Sign Language](https://serious-science.org/nicaraguan-sign-language-6876) - Psychologist Marie Coppola and linguist Diane Brentari on deaf education, linguistic models of signs and the difference between nicaraguan and other sign languages
- [5 Books about Genetics](https://serious-science.org/5-books-about-genetics-6928) - What to read about molecular and experimental biology, as recommended by Professor Konstantin Severinov
- [Depression: Symptoms and Treatment](https://serious-science.org/depression-6948) - Psychiatrist Gerard Sanacora on new methods of treatment of depression and disease's impact on emotion, cognition and behavior
- [How to Determine One's Ancestry Using DNA Tests?](https://serious-science.org/how-to-determine-ones-ancestry-using-dna-tests-6975) - Geneticist George Busby on mutations, African and European genomes, and genetic markers
- [King Arthur](https://serious-science.org/king-arthur-6982) - Professor of French and Medieval Studies Norris Lacy on the evolution of Arthurian legend, the Grail Quest, and historical origins of the "Arthur figure"
- [Vikings: Raiding and Trading in the Middle Ages](https://serious-science.org/vikings-raiding-and-trading-in-the-middle-ages-6949) - Professor of German Studies Rudolf Simek on the Vikings' nomadic life, their cultural achievements, and the end of the Viking Age
- [Musicality](https://serious-science.org/musicality-7205) - Psychologist Bruno Gingras on how we perceive music, reasons for severe tone-deafness, and why some of us are more musical than others
- [Carl Friedrich Gauss](https://serious-science.org/carl-friedrich-gauss-7078) - Mathematician and Historian of Mathematics Jeremy Gray on the theory of quadratic forms, the rediscovery of Ceres, and non-Euclidian geometry
- [Maximilien Robespierre](https://serious-science.org/robespiere-6997) - Historian Peter McPhee on the Robespierre problem, historical controversies, and Robespierre's legacy
- [Human Sacrifice in Aztec Culture](https://serious-science.org/human-sacrifice-in-aztec-culture-6995) - Historian David L. Carrasco on violent practices of the Aztecs, the purpose of human sacrifice, and the selection of the victim
- [Circadian Rhythm](https://serious-science.org/circadian-rhythm-7229) - Neuroscientist Russel Foster on the sleep-wake cycle, photosensitive retinal ganglion cells, and SCRD
- [What Color Is the Sky on Mars?](https://serious-science.org/what-color-is-the-sky-on-mars-7310) - Astrophysicist Santiago Pérez-Hoyos about the Mars' atmosphere, Pancam instrument, and Purkinje effect.
- [Corals](https://serious-science.org/corals-7345) - Coral reef biologist Nancy Knowlton on Charles Darwin's findings, dinoflagellates, and the consequences of global warming
- [Chemotherapy](https://serious-science.org/chemotherapy-7370) - Molecular oncologist Matthias Dobbelstein on targeted therapies, gene p53, and DNA damage
- [Parties of the French Revolution](https://serious-science.org/parties-of-the-french-revolution-7211) - Historian William Doyle on the political ideas in post-revolutionary France, historical views on the Terror and the origins of the ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’ motto
- [Australian Languages](https://serious-science.org/australian-languages-7356) - Linguist Nicholas Evans on indigenous languages in Australia, their kinship systems and the problem of monolingualism
- [Free Market](https://serious-science.org/free-market-7407) - Economist Yaron Brook on economics of a free market, the main principles of the idea, and Ayn Rand's contribution to philosophy of capitalism
- [Gravity](https://serious-science.org/gravity-7313) - Cosmologist Sergei Odintsov on Newton's law, modifications of general relativity, and the essence of gravity
- [Higgs Boson](https://serious-science.org/higgs-boson-7555) - Physicist Daniela Bortoletto on the discovery of the Higgs Boson, the Large Electron-Positron collider, and the Standard Model of particle physics
- [Mind-Wandering](https://serious-science.org/mind-wandering-7589) - Neuroscientist Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen on the biology of mind-wandering, training one's attention, and the role of artificial intelligence in making sense of data about the brain
- [Huntington's Disease](https://serious-science.org/huntingtons-disease-7618) - Molecular Neurogeneticist David Rubinsztein on neurodegenerative diseases, tetrabenazine, and aggregate-prone proteins
- [Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)](https://serious-science.org/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-7603) - Molecular Biologist Greg Towers on how HIV is transmitted, the possibilities of an HIV vaccine, and how it helps understand our immune system better
- [Alcoholism](https://serious-science.org/alcoholism-7561) - Neuroscientist John Krystal on alcohol's action on the brain, social and habitual drinking, and why some people are less likely to become alcoholics than the others
- [Alzheimer's Disease](https://serious-science.org/alzheimers-disease-7597) - Neuroscientist Mark Mattson on tau proteins, free radicals, and the importance of exercise in maintaining cognitive functions
- [Adrenaline](https://serious-science.org/adrenaline-7601) - Medical Scientist Brian Hoffman on the discovery of adrenaline, the “fight or flight response”, and the use of adrenaline in the drug industry
- [Game Theory](https://serious-science.org/game-theory-7846) - Political Scientist Steven Brams on cooperative games, the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and win-win solutions in our daily life
- [Myocardial Infarction](https://serious-science.org/myocardial-infarction-7558) - Cardiologist Maarten Simoons on symptoms of a heart attack, prevention of the disease, and life-saving volunteer initiatives in Holland
- [Working Memory](https://serious-science.org/working-memory-7982) - Psychologist Alan Baddeley on his own model of working memory, its capacity and location in the brain
- [LSD: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects](https://serious-science.org/lsd-mechanism-of-action-and-side-effects-8033) - Pharmacologist David Nichols on the psychedelics, hallucinogen persisting perceptual disorder, and therapeutic effects of LSD
- [Prions: Diseases and Treatment](https://serious-science.org/prions-diseases-and-treatment-8079) - Molecular biologist Byron Caughey on the structure of prions, prion diseases, and their causes and treatment
- [Pheromones](https://serious-science.org/pheromones-8179) - Zoologist Tristram D Wyatt on moth traps, alarm pheromones, and the Erox Corporation
- [Leonardo da Vinci](https://serious-science.org/leonardo_da_vinci-8183) - Historian of Art Martin Kemp on Leonardo da Vinci's intellectual contribution to engineering, Madonna Lisa, and the history of Earth
- [Hebrew](https://serious-science.org/hebrew-8705) - Shlomo Izre'el on the myths about the Hebrew language, its relations with Yiddish, and how children teach their parents
- [Computer Vision](https://serious-science.org/computer-vision-8732) - Computer scientist Cordelia Schmid on computers’ ability to recognize and produce images, machine learning, and artificial intelligence
- [Migraine](https://serious-science.org/migraine-8799) - Neurologist Richard Lipton on zigzag visions, baby alligators, and devices that can help to treat migraine
- [Eskimo-Aleut Languages](https://serious-science.org/eskimo-aleut-languages-8887) - Linguist Michael David Fortescue on the rare polysynthesis of the Eskimo languages, the role of affixes in them, and the prognosis for their survival
- [Chronic Pain](https://serious-science.org/chronic-pain-8922) - Psychologist Mark Lumley on behavioral dysfunction, categorizing pain, and the effects of psychotherapeutic treatment
- [Critique](https://serious-science.org/critique-8935) - Philosopher Stephen Eric Bronner on the ancient Greek understanding of the concept of "critique", the Marxist influence on it, and the relations between critique, knowledge and power
- [Neuroeconomics of Money](https://serious-science.org/neuroeconomics-of-money-9028) - Neuroeconomist Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde on how our environment shapes the way we perceive money, the Ebbinghaus illusion, and disordered money behavior
- [Microrobotics](https://serious-science.org/microrobotics-9100) - Computer Scientist Sergej Fatikow on the variety of microrobots, possibilities for their application, and current research challenges
- [Bitcoin](https://serious-science.org/bitcoin-9111) - Economist William Luther on the popularity of cryptocurrencies, attitudes toward the blockchain, and the future of the Bitcoin market
- [Chemical Chain Reactions](https://serious-science.org/chemical-chain-reactions-9281) - Chemist David Phillips on chemical kinetics, exothermic reactions, and the use of nuclear reactions in peaceful purposes
- [Condenced Matter and Superconductivity](https://serious-science.org/condenced-matter-and-superconductivity-9301) - Physicist Cedric Weber on high-temperature superconductivity, the highest possible critical temperature, and Andrey Abrikosov
- [Grammatical Case: Morphology, Syntax, and Word Order](https://serious-science.org/grammatical-case-morphology-syntax-and-word-order-9354) - Andrej Malchukov on morphological and syntactic case, the relationship between case and word order, and hierarchy of cases
- [Music and Stress](https://serious-science.org/music-and-stress-9445) - Psychoneuroimmunologist Daisy Fancourt on the use of music in healthcare and its role in emotion regulation
- [Multiple Drug Resistance](https://serious-science.org/multiple-drug-resistance-9532) - Biologist Rajendra Prasad on drug-resistant pathogens, how they affect us and why it is so difficult to fight them
- [Does Music Help Us Sleep](https://serious-science.org/does-music-help-us-sleep-9632) - Psychologist Daniel Mullensiefen on why music can work like a sleeping pill and what types of music can put you to sleep
- [Artificial Neural Networks](https://serious-science.org/artificial-neural-networks-10459) - How artificial neural networks are trained and used in industry
- [The Role of Mitochondria in Aging and Disease](https://serious-science.org/role-of-mitochondria-in-aging-and-diseases-738) - Biologist David Sinclair on alphaproteobacteria, reactive oxygen species, and why the nucleus and the mitochondrial genome are like a married couple
- [Free Energy Principle](https://serious-science.org/free-energy-principle-7602) - Neuroscientist Karl Friston on the Markov blanket, Bayesian model evidence, and different global brain theories
- [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder](https://serious-science.org/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-6325) - Neuroscientist John Krystal on flashbacks, relative merits of different treatments, and brain tissue collection
- [Liquid metal mollusk that "eats" fuel is discovered](https://serious-science.org/liquid-metal-mollusk-that-eats-fuel-is-discovered-2843) - A first ever self-powered pump made of liquid metal was demonstrated, paving the way for making dynamically reconfigurable intelligent soft robots
- [Scientists study the interior of Cassiopeia supernova remnant](https://serious-science.org/scientists-study-the-interior-of-cassiopeia-supernova-remnant-2643) - New Science paper reveals a large-scale structure inside a stellar explosion and brings us closer to the understanding of this process
- [Chemists convert nitrogen to ammonia using light](https://serious-science.org/chemists-convert-nitrogen-to-ammonia-using-light-2697) - Inspired by nature, researchers come up with a new way to transmute the most abundant gas in the atmosphere under ambient conditions
- [Physicists find new type of robust electron channels](https://serious-science.org/physicists-find-new-type-of-robust-electron-channels-2822) - Inspired by the structure of graphene, scientists design a new class of topological insulators with possible applications in quantum technologies
- [New look at the black hole information paradox](https://serious-science.org/new-look-at-the-black-hole-information-paradox-3301) - Astrophysicist Samir D. Mathur on information emitted by black holes, Hawking's paradox, and fuzzballs
- [Extreme Altitude Plumes on Mars](https://serious-science.org/extreme-altitude-plumes-on-mars-2639) - Collaboration between amateur astronomers and scientists has led to the discovery of a strange phenomenon in the Mars' atmosphere
- [Unique Sound Systems Allow Parrots to Talk](https://serious-science.org/unique-sound-systems-allow-parrots-to-talk-3524) - Scientists have found structures in parrot brain responsible for sound imitation
- [Electrical nerve stimulation improved peripheral nerve function](https://serious-science.org/electrical-nerve-stimulation-improved-peripheral-nerve-function-4003) - Peripheral nerve stimulation therapy can reverse the aftermath of spinal cord injury
- [Graphene-Nanotube Junctions: Switches without Semiconductors](https://serious-science.org/graphene-nanotube-junctions-switches-without-semiconductors-4437) - Scientists have combined graphene and boron nitride nanotubes to create a completely new digital switch
- [60 million years is not enough to keep two ferns apart](https://serious-science.org/60-million-years-is-not-enough-to-keep-two-ferns-apart-2455) - Genetic analysis showed that a delicate woodland fern discovered in the mountains of France is the love child of two distantly-related groups of plants that haven't interbred in 60 million years
- [Landscape drivers explain changes in the water cycle](https://serious-science.org/landscape-drivers-explain-changes-in-the-water-cycle-3340) - New study shows the significant role of landscape-driven water changes, mostly caused by human activities, in the present state of the global water cycle
- [New Fossils from Kenya Precise Hippo Origin](https://serious-science.org/new-fossils-from-kenya-precise-hippo-origin-2675) - Research team discovered that 35 million years ago the ancestors of hippos were among the first large mammals to colonize the African continent
- [Kepler-432b: a rare doomed planet with extreme seasons](https://serious-science.org/kepler-432b-a-rare-doomed-planet-with-extreme-seasons-2687) - Two research groups of astronomers on discovering a rare planet, the celestial body Kepler-432b and “red giant” swallowing up the planet in less than 200 million years
- [New type of chemical bonding discovered](https://serious-science.org/new-type-of-chemical-bonding-discovered-2205) - Isotope effects lead to unusual interaction between atoms resulting in emergence of new kind of attraction
- [The existence of the tiniest bacteria confirmed](https://serious-science.org/existance-of-tiniest-bacteria-confirmed-3488) - Biologists have imaged ultra-small bacteria that are close to the lowest size limit possible for life on Earth
- [The colors of the transit of Venus give new information about the planet](https://serious-science.org/colors-of-transit-of-venus-give-new-information-3967) - Precise measurements in the ultraviolet and in X-rays confirmed the existence of the ionosphere on Venus and offered a new way to study exoplanets
- [Animal nerve signal is an innate plant stress signal](https://serious-science.org/animal-nerve-signal-is-an-innate-plant-stress-signal-4468) - Plants respond to stress with a combination of chemical responses similar to those of animals, but using a separately evolved protein mechanism
- [The “mesh” of microtubule connectors helps new cells to be born](https://serious-science.org/mesh-of-microtubule-connectors-helps-new-cells-be-born-3905) - A microscopic web-like structure prevents genetic mistakes during the cell division process
- [Fire ants conquer the world on the first global trade network](https://serious-science.org/fire-ants-conquer-the-world-on-the-first-global-trade-network-2570) - New study describes genealogy and spreading of one of the most damaging species of pest ants
- [Dominant, cheek-padded male orang-utans enjoy greater reproductive success](https://serious-science.org/dominant-cheek-padded-male-orang-utans-enjoy-greater-reproductive-success-4880) - Female orangutans prefer heavy cheek-padded males despite them being less adaptive
- [Comparing genes and linguistic sounds across human populations worldwide](https://serious-science.org/comparing-genes-and-linguistic-sounds-across-worldwide-human-populations-2387) - Joint analysis of data on genomics, linguistics and geography leads to new insights into their interference
- [Stability of standard state boron structure revealed](https://serious-science.org/stability-of-standard-state-boron-structure-revealed-2201) - Researchers finally established the stable allotrope of the fifth element under normal conditions
- [Deep-sea microbes have not evolved in two billion years](https://serious-science.org/deep-sea-microbes-have-not-evolved-in-two-billion-years-2153) - Scientists found a surprising lack of evolution that supports Darwin ideas
- [The Brain Simulates Paths to a Brighter Future](https://serious-science.org/brain-simulates-paths-to-brighter-future-3712) - Hippocampal place cells, which create an internal map during novel exploration, are getting ‘replayed’ during sleep
- [Psychologists found amnesia for object attributes](https://serious-science.org/psychologists-found-amnesia-for-object-attributes-2645) - People fail at remembering even basic information about objects they were looking at
- [Protecting Chickens and People from Avian Influenza Viruses](https://serious-science.org/protecting-chickens-and-people-from-avian-influenza-viruses-2876) - New effective H7N9 and H5N1 vaccines will help to control the spread of viruses in avian species and, thus, to avoid cross-species transmission to humans
- [Internal metric of space is influenced by geometry of environment](https://serious-science.org/internal-metric-of-space-is-influenced-by-geometry-of-environment-2385) - New Nature paper reveals that brain perceives distance differently depending on surroundings
- [Evidence for fractal structure in the pulsations of stars](https://serious-science.org/evidence-for-fractal-structure-in-pulsations-of-stars-2243) - Scientists have found a star whose pulsation frequencies' ratio is close to the golden mean
- [Ancient enzymes reveal the DNA genesis](https://serious-science.org/ancient-enzymes-reveal-the-dna-genesis-3234) - Recently found pre-enzymes give answers to the mystery of ancient amino acids assembling spontaneously to make up the first living cells
- [Metal-eating microbes and the industrial revolution](https://serious-science.org/metal-eating-microbes-and-the-industrial-revolution-5051) - A freshwater basin in the heart of Africa offers a glimpse into one of Earth’s early oceans and shows how a tiny group of microbes could develop the biggest iron-deposits on Earth
- [55,000-year-old skull as an evidence of modern man in vicinity of Neanderthals](https://serious-science.org/55000-year-old-skull-as-an-evidence-of-modern-man-in-vicinity-of-neanderthals-2671) - The discovery of a 55,000-year-old partial skull in Northern Israel provides new insights into the migration of modern humans out of Africa
- [Ape Tool Use Sheds Light on the Evolution of Human Technology](https://serious-science.org/ape-tool-usage-reveals-the-secrets-of-human-technology-evolution-3149) - New research provides insights into the tool use difference between chimpanzees and bonobos which can help us identify the conditions that drove the evolution of human technology
- [Environment influences language generation](https://serious-science.org/environment-influences-language-generation-2152) - New paper in PNAS proposes unexpected relationship between language and habitat
- [Neural circuit that controls compulsive eating found](https://serious-science.org/neural-circuit-controls-compulsive-eating-found-2171) - Cell paper explains craving for sweets from the viewpoint of neuroscience
- [How does a wasp venom peptide selectively inhibit cancer cells?](https://serious-science.org/how-does-a-wasp-venom-peptide-selectively-inhibt-cancer-cells-5092) - A new study explores the mechanism by which a peptide contained in wasp venom inhibits cancer cell proliferation
- [The Southern Ocean regained its strength to take up CO2 from the atmosphere](https://serious-science.org/the-southern-ocean-regained-its-strength-to-take-up-co2-from-the-atmosphere-5042) - The Southern Ocean carbon sink might be more affected by natural climate variability than previously recognized
- [The first mass extinction of complex life](https://serious-science.org/the-first-mass-extinction-of-complex-life-4906) - The new research sheds light on the factos that led to the mysterious extinction of Ediacara biota
- [The stagnation of the glacial Arctic Ocean](https://serious-science.org/the-stagnation-of-the-glacial-arctic-ocean-2-4941) - The new research suggests that deep water layers may have played a role in ending the last glacial period in the Arctic region
- [African dams contribute to over 1 million malaria cases every year](https://serious-science.org/african-dams-contribute-to-over-1-million-malaria-cases-every-year-5322) - Dams seem to contribute significantly to malaria risk in sub-Saharan Africa
- [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015](https://serious-science.org/nobel-prize-in-physiology-and-medicine-2015-5194) - Pathobiologist Juergen Richt explains the significance of the studies for which the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded
- [Elephants born in stressful conditions might age faster than others](https://serious-science.org/elephants-born-in-stressful-conditions-might-age-faster-than-others-5169) - The speed of reproductive ageing of female elephants seems to depend on the season in which they were born
- [Does morphology matter? How sexually deceptive orchids are shaped by the pollinators they exploit](https://serious-science.org/does-morphology-matter-how-sexually-deceptive-orchids-are-shaped-by-the-pollinators-they-exploit-5391) - Plants seem to adapt the shape of their flowers to the morphology of insect pollinators
- [Asteroids are formed in collisions of protoplanets](https://serious-science.org/asteroids-formed-in-collisions-of-protoplanets-2087) - A new article from Nature explains chondrules, and the results of protoplanetary impacts
- [Researchers double the distance information can be sent over fiber optic cable](https://serious-science.org/double-distance-information-sent-over-fiber-optic-cable-2138) - UCL team of scientists proposed novel way for significantly improving data transfer
- [Brain cells get tweaked ‘on the go’](https://serious-science.org/brain-cells-get-tweaked-on-the-go-5410) - New research suggests that the ‘hardware’ in our brain is tuneable
- [Aerogold: An ultra-light aerogel gold nugget made of gold, protein and air](https://serious-science.org/aerogold-an-ultra-light-aerogel-gold-nugget-made-of-gold-protein-and-air-5476) - Scientists have produced gold that is lighter than a feather
- [Functional Human Liver Cells Grown in the Lab](https://serious-science.org/functional-human-liver-cells-grown-in-the-lab-5488) - Researchers found a way to release hepatocytes from cell-cycle arrest
- [Speaking multiple languages can improve stroke outcome](https://serious-science.org/speaking-multiple-languages-can-improve-stroke-outcome-5506) - Patients who speak more than one language seem to be twice as likely to have a better outcome after stroke
- [Embryonic bird ankles, reverse evolution, and the dinosaur-bird link](https://serious-science.org/embryonic-bird-ankles-reverse-evolution-and-the-dinosaur-bird-link-5512) - An evolutionary “throwback” seems to have occurred in birds, which resurrected an ancient, amphibian-like pattern of ankle development
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- [Spacetime Symmetry and Einstein's Relativity](https://serious-science.org/spacetime-symmetry-and-einsteins-relativity-8852) - Theoretical physicist Xavier Bekaert on Galilean relativity, the separation of time and space, and Einstein’s reconciliation of mechanics and electromagnetism
- [Brain Language Research](https://serious-science.org/brain-language-research-8859) - Neuroscientist Friedemann Pulvermüller on brain-language relations, brain lesions, and simulation of cognitive processes
- [The Conservatism of Edmund Burke](https://serious-science.org/conservatism_of_edmund_burke-8491) - Historian Richard Bourke on the French Revolution, Marxism-Leninism, and the defense of liberty
- [Rapid Climate Change and Species](https://serious-science.org/rapid-climate-change-and-species-8789) - Professor of Biosphere and Climate Impacts Iain Colin Prentice on the history of climate changes, the ways of dealing with changes in climate, and the role of overhunting in extinction of mammalian species
- [Renaissance Maps of Paradise](https://serious-science.org/renaissance-maps-of-paradise-8782) - Historian Alessandro Scafi on the four rivers of paradise, Calvin's mapping of Eden, and the first attempts to imagine heaven not on Earth
- [What is Symmetry?](https://serious-science.org/what-is-symmetry-8750) - Physicist Xavier Bekaert on the properties of symmetry, homogeneity of universe, and why every point in the space is the same
- [Radiative Forcing of Climate Change](https://serious-science.org/radiative-forcing-of-climate-change-8723) - Physicist Joanna D. Haigh on greenhouse gases, the impact of aerosols on climate change, and how clouds reflect radiation
- [Microbiome](https://serious-science.org/microbiome-8702) - Biologist Tim Spector on the overall weight of our microbes, remembering our natural roots, and the importance of getting dirty
- [Retroviruses](https://serious-science.org/retroviruses-8460) - Molecular biologist Greg Towers on the immunodeficiency virus, the Red Queen effect, and the role of retroviruses in the evolution of life
- [Price Theory](https://serious-science.org/price-theory-8629) - Economist David Friedman on the difference between a market and a political system, price formation, and decentralized production
- [Retroviruses in Gene Therapy](https://serious-science.org/retroviruses-in-gene-therapy-8627) - Molecular biologist Greg Towers on the great scientific challenges, the dangers of gene therapy, and the way in which it can treat cancer
- [Speech Processing](https://serious-science.org/speech-processing-8626) - Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on humans’ ability to distinguish sounds, bilingualism, and the Japanese language
- [Dysconnection Hypothesis of Schizophrenia](https://serious-science.org/dysconnection-hypothesis-of-schizophrenia-8625) - Neuroscientist Karl Friston on split personality, the nature of mental disorders, and the possibility of a therapeutic cure of schizophrenia.
- [Imitation](https://serious-science.org/imitation-8425) - Social neuroscientist Antonia Hamilton on social connotations of imitation, copying silly actions, and mockery
- [Huntington's Disease](https://serious-science.org/huntingtons_disease-8622) - Molecular Neurogeneticist David Rubinsztein on the Kennedy disease, CAG repeats, and autophagy
- [Spacetime Transformation Optics](https://serious-science.org/spacetime_transformation_optics-8612) - Physicist Martin McCall on a spatial cloak, potentialities of optical processing, and manipulating light
- [Life in Space](https://serious-science.org/life_in_space-8490) - Cosmologist Martin Rees on life in the Solar System, artificial transmissions, and inorganic civilizations.
- [Medieval Maps of Paradise](https://serious-science.org/medieval-maps-of-paradise-7969) - Historian Alessandro Scafi on the garden of Eden, Augustin's concept of creation, and the emergence of the term "Paradise"
- [Dante’s Heaven](https://serious-science.org/dantes_heaven-8489) - Alessandro Scafi on Divine Comedy story line, the desire of God, and Mark Twain
- [Evolutionary Optimality and Plants](https://serious-science.org/evolutionary_optimality_and_plants-8488) - Professor of Biosphere and Climate Impacts Iain Colin Prentice on CO2 concentration in nature, photosynthetic discrimination, and photorespiration
- [Globes and Representations of the Cosmos](https://serious-science.org/globes_and_representations_of_the_cosmos-8487) - Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on a history of the globe, antique representation of the Universe, and Ptolemy’s armillary sphere
- [Twin Studies](https://serious-science.org/twin_studies-8463) - Genetic epidemiologist Tim Spector on the genetic determinism, origins of addictions and diseases, and differences between twins
- [Mirror Neurons](https://serious-science.org/mirror-neurons-8466) - Neuroscientist Antonia Hamilton on transcranial magnetic stimulation, social relationships, and why people with Parkinson's disease might have problems with understanding other people's actions
- [Solar Variability and Climate](https://serious-science.org/solar-variability-and-climate-8464) - Joanna D. Haigh on the 'little ice age', solar radiation, and global warming
- [The Concept of Sovereignty](https://serious-science.org/the_concept_of_sovereignty-8402) - Historian Richard Bourke on political community, history of political philosophy, and the modern struggle over the location of sovereignty
- [Neural Basis of Vocal Communication](https://serious-science.org/neural_basis_of_vocal_communication-8392) - Neurobiologist Sophie Scott on human speech, exaggerating gender differences, and the perception of voice information
- [Perceptions of Economic Inequality](https://serious-science.org/perceptions-of-economic-inequality-8374) - Political scientist Daniel Treisman on Aristotle, revolutions, and misperceptions of levels of inequality
- [Molecular Toxicology](https://serious-science.org/molecular_toxicology-8360) - Biochemist Ian Wilson on toxicity of paracetamol, clinical trials, and safe drugs
- [The Size of the Universe](https://serious-science.org/the_size_of_the_universe-8186) - Cosmologist Martin Rees on the history of astronomy, first nanoseconds of the universe and the theory of multiple Big Bangs
- [Climate Science](https://serious-science.org/climate-science-8182) - Physicist Joanna Haigh on natural temperature records, ocean circulation, and global warming
- [Metamaterials](https://serious-science.org/metamaterials-8178) - Physicist Martin McCall on artificial materials, control over the magnetic response, and perfect lenses
- [Autophagy](https://serious-science.org/autophagy-8174) - Molecular Neurogeneticist David Rubinsztein on neurodegenerative diseases, stem cells, and fluorescent proteins
- [The Science of Laughter](https://serious-science.org/the-science-of-laughter-8142) - Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on contagion effects in laughter, conduct disorder, and the tribes of Namibia
- [Dark Matter](https://serious-science.org/dark-matter-8173) - Astrophysicist Simon White on dark matter, its role in explaining the formation of the universe, and the challenges that physicists face in trying to identify it
- [Evolution of Humans](https://serious-science.org/evolution-of-humans-7215) - Biologist Steve Jones on natural selection, chimpanzees, and Queen Victoria
- [National Identity in the Age of Migration](https://serious-science.org/national-identity-in-the-age-of-migration-8133) - Sociologist Peter Kivisto on Eugen Weber, settler states, and Jihadist terrorism
- [Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Topology
](https://serious-science.org/quantum-field-theory-and-quantum-topology
-6301) - Mathematician Jørgen Andersen on topological quantum field theory, path integrals, and quantization of moduli spaces
- [Protein Folding Using Quantum Topology](https://serious-science.org/protein-folding-using-quantum-topology-6900) - Mathematician Jørgen Andersen on local geometry of hydrogen bonds, quantum states of proteins and future methods of predicting the macromolecules structure
- [Space Exploration](https://serious-science.org/space-exploration-8121) - Cosmologist Martin Rees on the history of space exploration, Sat Nav, and why robots are better than humans for space exploration
- [Social Cognition](https://serious-science.org/social-cognition-8081) - Neuropsychologist Chris Frith on the experiments with biological motion, emotion recognition, and open questions of cognitive psychology
- [Spectroscopy in Graphene](https://serious-science.org/spectroscopy-in-graphene-7936) - Nanotechnologist Andrea Ferrari on inelastic light scattering, Hall bars, and Cambridge Nanosystems
- [Cell Membranes](https://serious-science.org/cell-membranes-7861) - Molecular Biologist Richard Henderson on the lipid bilayer, mitochondria, and the evolution of organisms
- [Spatial Navigation](https://serious-science.org/spatial-navigation-7619) - Neuroscientist Neil Burgess on the discovery of place cells, spatial memory, and experiments with functional neuroimaging
- [Consequences of Decentralization](https://serious-science.org/consequences-of-decentralization-7621) - Political Scientist Daniel Treisman on political decentralization, tax breaks for businesses, and Russia's budget problems in 1990s
- [Autism](https://serious-science.org/autism-2-7906) - Developmental psychologist Uta Frith on psychopathy, the biomarkers of autism, and the autism spectrum
- [Maxwell's Equations](https://serious-science.org/maxwells-equations-7853) - Physicist Martin McCall on electromagnetic induction, Ampere's experiments, and magnetic monopoles
- [DNA and Behavioral Genetics](https://serious-science.org/dna-and-behavioral-genetics-7870) - Behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin on the prediction of GCSE results, reading disability, and the heritability of intelligence
- [Ancient Greek and Roman Science](https://serious-science.org/ancient-greek-and-roman-science-7869) - Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on the definition of science, Aristotle, and the ancient ideas about volcanoes
- [Genetics of Obesity and Diabetes](https://serious-science.org/genetics-of-obesity-and-diabetes-7600) - Epidemiologist Nick Wareham on leptin, type 2 diabetes, and genome-wide association studies
- [The Rosetta Stone](https://serious-science.org/the-rosetta-stone-7792) - Egyptologist Richard Parkinson on the object that helped open up the language and textual culture of Ancient Egypt
- [Graphene](https://serious-science.org/graphene-7319) - Nanotechnologist Andrea Ferrari on the properties of Graphene, its significant history, and how to send it from the lab to the factory floor
- [Martian Сomputing Сlouds](https://serious-science.org/martian-сomputing-сlouds-7590) - Computer Scientist José Luis Vázquez-Poletti on the Mars MetNet Mission, using public cloud computing for space research and searching for traces of life on Mars.
- [Cloud Computing](https://serious-science.org/cloud-computing-7321) - Cloud Technology Researcher José Luis Vázquez-Poletti on data storage in computing clouds, creating new virtual resources, and the costs of using computing clouds
- [Money and Neuroeconomics](https://serious-science.org/money-and-neuroeconomics-7556) - Neuroeconomist Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde on the symbolic aspect of money, brain processing of economic artifacts, and cultural recycling
- [Richard III](https://serious-science.org/richard-iii-7503) - Historian John Ashdown-Hill on one of the most controversial figures in English history, Shakespeare's dark image of Richard the III, and a famous discovery of the King’s remains in Leicester car park
- [DNA Topology](https://serious-science.org/dna-topology-2-7244) - Biophysicist Maxim Frank-Kamenetskii on DNA supercoiling, topoisomerases, and enigmatic organisation of chromosomes
- [Logic and Mathematics](https://serious-science.org/logic-and-mathematics-7243) - Philosopher Denis Bonnay on Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason", logical inferences, and attempts to divide mathematics and logic
- [UAV Technology](https://serious-science.org/uav-technology-1974) - Senior researcher at 3D Robotics, Brandon Basso, on the history of UAVs, common misconceptions surrounding them, and what we can expect to see from this technology soon
- [The Liar Paradox](https://serious-science.org/the-liar-paradox-7454) - Philosopher Stephen Read on the principle of excluded middle, noncontradiction, and Buridan's ass
- [Hot Jupiters](https://serious-science.org/hot-jupiters-902) - Astrophysicist Joshua Winn on giant planets formation, the puzzle of their sizes, and discovery of exoplanets
- [The Interstellar Medium](https://serious-science.org/interstellar-medium-1278) - Astrophysicist Christopher McKee on giant molecular clouds, hot gas in the halo of the Galaxy, and dominant heating mechanism
- [The Library Beyond the Book](https://serious-science.org/library-beyond-book-1558) - Harvard Professor Jeffrey Schnapp on the redundancy between digital and analogue formats, physically assembled communities, and multiple types of libraries
- [Quantum Communication and Heat Transfer](https://serious-science.org/quantum-communication-heat-transfer-1406) - Physicist Seth Lloyd on development of quantum mechanics, nanoscale interactions, and overcoming energy crisis
- [Mathematical Modelling of Physiological Systems](https://serious-science.org/mathematical-modelling-of-physiological-systems-820) - Biomedical Engineer Thomas Heldt on mathematical dimension of physiology, organ systems multiscale modelling, and its practical application
- [Collisions of Elementary Particles with Atomic Nuclei](https://serious-science.org/collisions-of-elementary-particles-with-atomic-nuclei-1197) - Nobel Prize laureate Roy Glauber on Rutherford's experiments, exploring uranium fission products, and development of the nuclear weapon
- [Proton Transport and Hydrogen Bond](https://serious-science.org/proton-transport-and-hydrogen-bond-2294) - Chemist Mark Tuckerman on different viewpoints on proton, chemical bonds and first-principles calculations
- [Circumbinary Planets](https://serious-science.org/circumbinary-planets-1169) - MIT Prof. Joshua Winn on multiple stars, coplanar systems, and radius of instability
- [Death of Stars](https://serious-science.org/death-of-stars-62) - Physicist Walter Lewin on energy from the Sun, black holes, and a supernova explosion.
- [Noninvasive Monitoring of Intracranial Pressure](https://serious-science.org/noninvasive-monitoring-of-intracranial-pressure-1205) - MIT Assistant Prof. Thomas Heldt on cerebral blood flow, developing treatment based on mathematical modelling, and administering therapy at the ambulance
- [Non-Bayesian Decision Theory](https://serious-science.org/non-bayesian-decision-theory-3594) - Mathematician Itzhak Gilboa on known and unknown probabilies, various descriptive models, and ambiguity
- [Quantum Mechanics and Chaos](https://serious-science.org/quantum-mechanics-and-chaos-40) - Prof. of MIT Daniel Kleppner on the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, the butterfly effect, and «quantum chaology»
- [Brain Networks](https://serious-science.org/brain-networks-7218) - Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering at McGill University Sylvain Baillet on brain "software", brain mapping and neuronal interactions
- [Biological Bases of Economic Behavior](https://serious-science.org/biological-bases-of-economic-behavior-7216) - Economist Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde on human's economic behavior, animal's behavior research, and human adaptability to their environment.
- [Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery](https://serious-science.org/nanomedicine-for-drug-delivery-26) - Prof. Srinivas Sridhar of Northeastern University on early detection of cancer, drug targeting by nanoparticles, and applying nanotechnology to key medical challenges
- [Sociology of Religion](https://serious-science.org/sociology-of-religion-3129) - Sociologist Peter Kivisto on the attitude to religion, post-secularists and ‘The Secular age’
- [Philosophy of Economics](https://serious-science.org/philosophy-of-economics-7077) - Philosopher Daniel Hausman on rationality, John Stuart Mill, and austerity
- [Neuroeconomics of Decision Making](https://serious-science.org/neuroeconomics-of-decision-making-7076) - Economist Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde on decision making in economics, 'Allais paradox' and perception of reward
- [Quitting visual search](https://serious-science.org/quitting-visual-search-thumbhow-do-we-look-for-a-rare-thing-3194) - Radiologist Jeremy M. Wolfe on search strategies in our everyday life, amnesiac search, and false alarms at medical examinations
- [The Human Visual Search Engine](https://serious-science.org/human-visual-search-engine-1942) - Radiologist Jeremy M. Wolfe on the searches we perform every day, airport screening, and search strategies
- [Paleogenetics](https://serious-science.org/paleogenetics-1936) - Biologist Steven Benner on the questions answered by paleogenetics, how laboratory work in the field is conducted, and what paleogenetics has already taught us
- [The Tudor Rose](https://serious-science.org/the-tudor-rose-7025) - Historian Elena Brown on rivalries between the White Rose and the Red Rose, and the heraldic badges of the English aristocracy
- [Genomics of Long-lived Mammals](https://serious-science.org/genomics-of-long-lived-mammals-277) - Biologist Vadim Gladyshev on UCP1, p16 proteins, the Brandt's bat and the naked mole rat phenomenon
- [Snapshot Justice](https://serious-science.org/snapshot-justice-5976) - Philosopher David Schmidtz on equality, the gap between theory and practice, and real fairness
- [Mausoleum Gonbad-e Qābus](https://serious-science.org/mausoleum-gonbad-e-qabus-6906) - Chemist Artem Oganov on Penrose’s patent, quasicrystals and connection between art, mathematics and chemistry
- [Artificial Consciousness](https://serious-science.org/atificial-consciousness-6883) - Philosopher David Chalmers on artificial intelligence in movies, consciousness of computers and moral rights of artificial intelligence systems
- [Adaptability of Life to Extreme Environments](https://serious-science.org/adaptability-of-life-to-extreme-environments-4341) - Astrobiologist Christopher Carr on archaea and bacteria, possibly habitable planets, and life on Mars
- [Quantum Science and Engineering](https://serious-science.org/quantum-science-and-engineering-1513) - Physicist Mikhail Lukin on superposition principle, secure transmission of information, and quantum computer
- [Evaluations of Talent](https://serious-science.org/evaluations-of-talent-1507) - Neuroscientist Mahzarin Banaji on objective music perception, failing at assessing people, and arranged marriages
- [Nanotechnology and Medicine](https://serious-science.org/nanotechnology-and-medicine-948) - Biomedical engineer Robert Langer on drug delivery, treating cancer, and problems of introduction of new methods in medicine
- [Ethics of Machines](https://serious-science.org/ethics-of-machines-6856) - Philosopher David Edmonds on relationship between moral philosophy and robotics, artificial intelligence and ethics that we should build into machines
- [Connectomics](https://serious-science.org/connectomics-962) - Neurobiologist Jeff Lichtman on brain cell connections, Golgi stain, and big data in neurophysiology
- [Stem Cell Bioengineering](https://serious-science.org/stem-cell-bioengineering-1262) - Bioengineer Ali Khademhosseini on cells' environment, gene circuits, and directing differentiation
- [Global Language Network](https://serious-science.org/global-language-network-428) - Media scientist Cesar Hidalgo on multilingualism, hierarchy of the language networks, and cross-lingual research
- [Dynamics of Human Aging](https://serious-science.org/dynamics-of-human-aging-1006) - Biologist Konstantin Khrapko on life expectancy, increasing longevity, and landscape of diseases
- [Developmental Neurobiology](https://serious-science.org/developmental-neurobiology-1573) - Neuroscientist Jeff Lichtman on built-in skills of animals, speed of learning, and importance of obtaining information
- [Equestrian Statuette of Charlemagne](https://serious-science.org/equestrian-statuette-of-charlemagne-6639) - Historian Alexander Sidorov on the unique artifact of the Carolingian Renaissance — a mysterious statuette of a Frankish King in Louvre
- [Zebrafish Embryo](https://serious-science.org/zebrafish-embryo-6745) - Biologist Egor Zadereev on the most favorite research organism of contemporary scientists
- [Ultracold Molecules for Quantum Simulation](https://serious-science.org/ultracold-molecules-for-quantum-simulation-1456) - Phycisist John Doyle on travelling salesman problem, electric dipole moment, and laser cooling
- [School Education and Mental Ability](https://serious-science.org/school-education-mental-ability-1272) - Psychologist Christopher Winship on the causal effects of schooling, similarities between athletics and intellect, and the lack of agreement among the researchers of this problem
- [Luck Egalitarianism](https://serious-science.org/luck-egalitarianism-6364) - Philosopher Daniel M. Hausman on social equality, luck egalitarianism, and people’s relations
- [Fullerenes](https://serious-science.org/fullerenes-6393) - Сhemist Harold Kroto on radio astronomy, fullerenes, and discovery making
- [Membrane Proteins](https://serious-science.org/membrane-proteins-6366) - Biophysicist Georg Büldt on X-ray crystallography, structure of proteins, and free electron laser
- [Analysis of Neuronal Circuits](https://serious-science.org/analysis-of-neuronal-circuits-1240) - Biologist Catherine Dulac on the stages of information processing in the brain, methods of recording neural activity, and regulating esurience
- [Atom Interferometry](https://serious-science.org/atom-interferometry-1534) - Physicist David Pritchard on source of coherent atoms, measuring polarization, and precision inertial navigation
- [Social Neuroscience](https://serious-science.org/social-neuroscience-24) - Neuroscientist Mahzarin Banaji on the role of functional MRI in social neuroscience, ways our brain perceives social world, and the origins of human consciousness
- [Ethnicity in Afghanistan](https://serious-science.org/ethnicity-in-afghanistan-5105) - Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on the role of ethnicity in state-building, nationalism and practical politics in modern Afghanistan
- [The Hard Problem of Consciousness](https://serious-science.org/the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-6131) - Philosopher David Chalmers on the combination problem, dualism, and panpsychism
- [Cavity Optomechanics](https://serious-science.org/cavity-optomechanics-1386) - Physicist Nergis Mavalvala on quantum radiation pressure noise, amplitude-phase correlation, and refrigerated environments
- [Online Imagery in Measuring Urban Inequality](https://serious-science.org/online-imagery-in-measuring-urban-inequality-1462) - Media scientist Cesar Hidalgo on deciding which city is the safest, the beauty of social housing, and tracking municipalities' spendings.
- [Moral Philosophy](https://serious-science.org/moral-philosophy-6108) - Philosopher David Edmonds on deontological ethics, Kantian ground of human rights, and usefulness of philosophers
- [Electron - Positron Annihilation](https://serious-science.org/electron-positron-annihilation-447) - Physicist Frank Taylor on quarks, muons, and the Standard Model
- [Global Technography](https://serious-science.org/global-technography-5982) - Communication Scholar Grant Kien on Heidegger, Google glass, and autoethnography
- [Theories of Well-Being](https://serious-science.org/theories-of-well-being-6188) - Philosopher Daniel Hausman on the concepts of good, happiness, and the non-philosophical approach to the problem
- [Neurobiology of Behavior](https://serious-science.org/neurobiology-of-behavior-3650) - Biologist Catherine Dulac on triggers of social behavior, the genetic breakthrough, and pheromones
- [Cosmic Microwave Background](https://serious-science.org/cosmic-microwave-background-1342) - Princeton University Prof. Lyman Page on development of the hot Big Bang theory, dipole term of CMB, and probing the Universe to the earliest times
- [The Stability of the Solar System](https://serious-science.org/stability-of-solar-system-1270) - Institute for Advanced Study Prof. Scott Tremaine on the universal law of gravity, predictability and chaos in dynamical systems, and the future of planetary orbits
- [Cancer as Evolutionary Process](https://serious-science.org/cancer-as-evolutionary-process-69) - Associate Professor at MIT Leonid Mirny on mutations in oncogenes, tumor suppressors, and cancer biology in terms of the theory of evolution
- [Everyday Culture](https://serious-science.org/everyday-culture-5983) - Professor Colin Sparks on Shakespeare, video games, and a broader definition of culture
- [Finite Element Method](https://serious-science.org/finite-element-method-36) - Mathematician Gilbert Strang on the history of the finite element method, collaborative work of engineers and mathematicians, and the challenges in applying this method to fluid and gas problems
- [Genetics of the Nature](https://serious-science.org/genetics-of-the-nature-6090) - Geneticist Steve Jones on obesity, biology of Homos and genetics' influence on people's lives
- [Liquidity and Default in Macroeconomic Growth](https://serious-science.org/liquidity-and-default-in-macroeconomic-growth-5981) - Economist Dimitrios Tsomocos on the bankruptcy code, missing markets, and financial stability
- [Newspapers in Crisis](https://serious-science.org/newspapers-in-crisis-5974) - Professor Colin Sparks on decline in media, digitalization of information and top-ten Google searches
- [Explaining Modern Economic Growth](https://serious-science.org/explaining-modern-economic-growth-5979) - Economist Deirdre McCloskey on economic development, Adam Smith, and the importance of liberalism
- [Ethics for an Age of Commerce](https://serious-science.org/ethics-for-an-age-of-commerce-5928) - Economist Deirdre McCloskey on fundamental human virtues, their secular interpretation and necessary application in modern economy
- [Quantum Optics](https://serious-science.org/quantum-optics-844) - Physicist Roy Glauber on light, quantum coherence, and development of the laser
- [Importance of Nomads in Eurasian History](https://serious-science.org/importance-of-nomads-in-eurasian-history-1151) - Historian Thomas Barfield on the Xiongnu empire, Genghis Khan, and the Mongolian tax policy
- [Genetic Manipulation in Stem Cells](https://serious-science.org/genetic-manipulation-in-stem-cells-275) - Biologist Rudolf Jaenisch on the problems of developmental biology, isogenic control, and homologous recombination
- [Kid's Creative Thinking](https://serious-science.org/kids-creative-thinking-1176) - Professor Mitchel Resnick on the kindergarten style of education, creative learning spiral, and challenges of managing the classroom
- [Rural Architectural Traditions in Central Asia](https://serious-science.org/rural-architectural-traditions-in-central-asia-4345) - Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on ethnic distinctions of architectural forms, earthquakes, and local construction traditions adapted to the environment
- [Evolution of Aging](https://serious-science.org/evolution-of-aging-247) - Biologist Konstantin Khrapko on genes that regulate the aging program, genome of a nematode, and the effect of mitochondrial mutations on the aging processes
- [American Physics in the Cold War](https://serious-science.org/american-physics-in-cold-war-812) - Physicist David Kaiser on the US education funding course, the impact of politics on physics, and connections in rapidly growing community
- [General Relativity Fiscal Language](https://serious-science.org/general-relativity-fiscal-language-1003) - Economist Laurence Kotlikoff on the difference between taxing and borrowing, government debts, and financial sustainability
- [Magneto-Optical Trap](https://serious-science.org/magneto-optical-trap-75) - Physicist David Pritchard on the efficiency of cold atom experiments, Bose-Einstein condensation, and the use of high-temperature superconducting materials
- [Linguistic Theory of Question](https://serious-science.org/linguistic-theory-of-question-34) - Linguist Maria Polinsky on polar questions, strategy of asking in different languages, and cross-linguistic understanding of WH questions
- [Chemical Kinetics in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics](https://serious-science.org/chemical-kinetics-in-non-equilibrium-thermodynamics-80) - Chemical engineer Martin Z. Bazant on intercalation waves, lithium iron phosphate batteries, and quasi-equilibrium states of matter
- [Microengineered Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering](https://serious-science.org/microengineered-hydrogels-for-tissue-engineering-964) - Bioengineer Ali Khademhosseini on creating new biomaterials, microengineering, and mimicking embryonic development
- [Financial crisis in Greece](https://serious-science.org/financial-crisis-in-greece-5804) - Economist Dimitrios Tsomocos on the bailout plan failure, the Troika, and the impact of the strong euro
- [The global financial crisis: two camps](https://serious-science.org/the-global-financial-crisis-two-camps-4727) - Economist Assaf Razin on financial deregulation, risk-shifting behaviour and the Philips curve
- [Peer Instruction for Active Learning](https://serious-science.org/peer-instruction-for-active-learning-1136) - Physicist Eric Mazur on beginners' difficulties, teaching each other and making sense of information
- [The Trolley Problem](https://serious-science.org/the-trolley-problem-5774) - Philosopher David Schmidtz on ethical dilemmas, moral institutions, and the nature of justice
- [Flat Optics Based on Metasurfaces](https://serious-science.org/flat-optics-based-on-metasurfaces-1163) - Harvard University Professor Federico Capasso on the generalized law of reflection, vortex beams of light, and smartphones as thin as a credit card
- [Global Architecture History](https://serious-science.org/global-architecture-history-1952) - Professor Mark Jarzombek on what Buddhist temples express, transfer of architectural techniques, and the Eurocentric worldview
- [Decision Theory under Uncertainty](https://serious-science.org/decision-theory-under-uncertainty-1939) - Economist Itzhak Gilboa on the history of probability theories, predicting the behavior of people, and the links between decision theory and social sciences
- [Gangs and Youth Violence](https://serious-science.org/gangs-and-youth-violence-888) - Psychologist Christopher Winship on social friction, the ‘Boston Miracle’, and researchers' contribution to homicide rate drop
- [James Watson: "I believe that the most important people now are the chemists, not the DNA people"](https://serious-science.org/james-watson-i-believe-that-the-most-important-people-now-are-the-chemists-not-the-dna-people-3146) - One of the discoverers of the structure of DNA on cancer, biochemistry and personalized medicines
- [Applied philosophy](https://serious-science.org/applied-philosophy-5686) - Philosopher David Schmidtz on consequentialism, Kantianism, and the philosophical concept of goodness
- [Implicit Association Test](https://serious-science.org/implicit-association-test-433) - Professor Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard University on detecting the strength of associations, indirect measures of cognition, and how to find the truth about our mind
- [Nanoscale Negative Materials for Optics](https://serious-science.org/nanoscale-negative-materials-for-optics-431) - Physicist Srinivas Sridhar on super resolution imaging, an entirely new way for light to propagate, and a breakthrough in nanotechnology
- [Driver and Passenger Mutation in Cancer](https://serious-science.org/driver-and-passenger-mutation-in-cancer-3125) - Biophysicist Leonid Mirny on mutation balance, vulnerability of cancer, and its new explanatory paradigm
- [The Evolution of Sperm Competition](https://serious-science.org/evolution-of-sperm-competition-1200) - Harvard Professor Hopi Hoekstra on sexual selection, an optimal clump size, and the unique morphology of the sperm head
- [DNA Breathing](https://serious-science.org/dna-breathing-1397) - Boston University Professor Maxim Frank-Kamenetskii on the double helix structure of DNA, formaldehyde reactivity, and the Hoogsteen pairing
- [Our Mathematical Universe](https://serious-science.org/our-mathematical-universe-716) - Physicist Max Tegmark on the Doppler effect, redshift, nuclear fusion, and what happened 13.8 billion years ago
- [Mechanism Design Theory](https://serious-science.org/mechanism-design-theory-15) - Economist Eric Maskin on privatization of the radio spectrum, history of the field, and mistakes in decision making
- [Climate Modelling](https://serious-science.org/climate-modelling-4363) - Climatologist Thomas Stocker on climate simulations, reaching limits of adaptation, and the 'business as usual' scenario
- [History and Prospects of Private Money](https://serious-science.org/history-and-prospects-of-private-money-5182) - Economist Lawrence H. White on the period of the international gold standard, cryptocurrencies, and the Constitution of the European Central Bank
- [Superradiance in Ultracold Molecular Samples](https://serious-science.org/superradiance-in-ultracold-molecular-samples-4343) - Physicist Susanne Yelin on atomic decay, wave interference, and ultracold polymolecules
- [Evolution of Beak Shapes in Darwin's Finches](https://serious-science.org/evolution-of-beak-shapes-in-darwins-finches-3123) - Biologist Arkhat Abzhanov on morphological changes among birds, transgenes, and laboratory experiments on chicken embryos
- [Geographic Variations in Medical Practice](https://serious-science.org/geographic-variations-in-medical-practice-4035) - Professor David S. Jones on local standards of healthcare, practice patterns, and Medicare
- [Federico Capasso: “You can design the optical properties of surfaces, so you can design new phenomena”](https://serious-science.org/federico-capasso-optical-properties-of-surfaces-3795) - Harvard professor Frederico Capasso on flat lenses, Cherenkov effect, and inverse method
- [Creating and Maintaining Human Stem Cells](https://serious-science.org/creating-and-maintaining-human-stem-cells-1039) - MIT Human Stem Cell Lab Director Maya Mitalipova on signaling pathways, mouse blastocysts, and totipotency
- [Statistics and State in USSR](https://serious-science.org/statistics-and-state-in-ussr-5310) - Historian Alain Blum on statistics as a tool of government and propaganda, the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s, and unresolved social problems
- [Genetics of Wild Mice Behavior](https://serious-science.org/genetics-of-wild-mice-behavior-1549) - Biologist Hopi Hoekstra on the extended phenotype, structure of mice burrows, and addiction encoded in genome
- [Primordial Stars](https://serious-science.org/primordial-stars-5225) - Astrophysicist Christopher McKee on the birth of stars, ways to determine the mass of a primordial star, and the emergence of supernovas and black holes
- [Cell Cycle and Cancer](https://serious-science.org/cell-cycle-and-cancer-1930) - Director of Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Richard Pestell, on the links between the cell cycle and cancer, the role of kinases, and new possible treatments
- [Genome Engineering](https://serious-science.org/genome-engineering-1274) - Harvard University Professor David Sinclair on centenarian families, ovarian stem cells, and fixing genetic diseases
- [The Difference Between Sleep and Anesthesia](https://serious-science.org/difference-between-sleep-and-anesthesia-1160) - Prof. Emery Brown of MIT on the rapid eye movement stage of sleep, electroencephalogram patterns, and the role of GABA receptors
- [Architecturing in a Cloud](https://serious-science.org/architecturing-in-a-cloud-5456) - Computer scientist Matthew Bass on dynamic environment, multitenancy, and coordination between releases
- [Hippies Counterculture and the Quantum Revival](https://serious-science.org/hippies-counterculture-and-quantum-revival-4276) - Historian of science David Kaiser on clever provocations of a group of young physicists in Berkeley, quantum entanglement, and productive scientific mistakes
- [Bose-Einstein Condensation](https://serious-science.org/bose-einstein-condensation-700) - Nobel Prize winning physicist Wolfgang Ketterle on laser and evaporative cooling, the candidates for Bose-Einstein condensation and possibility of it occurring in nature.
- [Limited Purpose Banking](https://serious-science.org/limited-purpose-banking-244) - Economist Laurence Kotlikoff on ​the banking system, mutual-fund holding companies, and the way they prevent financial crises
- [Causal Analysis of Non-Experimental Data](https://serious-science.org/causal-analysis-of-non-experimental-data-5279) - Sociologist Christopher WInship on causal effect, observational data, and potential outcomes
- [The Dynamic Casimir Effect](https://serious-science.org/dynamic-casimir-effect-1266) - Physicist Susanne Yelin on mirrors in a laser cavity, nano-optomechanics, and creating photons out of nothing
- [Models in Decision Theory and Economics](https://serious-science.org/models-in-decision-theory-and-economics-2-5221) - Economist Itzhak Gilboa on decision-making, predictions in economics, and case-based reasoning
- [Essence of Quantum Computation](https://serious-science.org/essence-of-quantum-computation-2612) - Physicist Seth Lloyd on quantum mechanics, classical vs quantum computers and the “universal digital computation”
- [Synapse Elimination at the Developing Neuromuscular Junction](https://serious-science.org/synapse-elimination-at-the-developing-neuromuscular-junction-2-2924) - Harvard Professor Jeff Lichtman on revolution of fluorescent proteins, brainbow as a technique in connectonomics and wiring diagrams of the human brain
- [Neuroeconomics](https://serious-science.org/neuroeconomics-5122) - Neuroscientist Jan Engelmann on the biology of decision-making, parts of the brain responsible for trust, and whether losses matter more than gains
- [Before Command: The Russian Economy from Emancipation to Stalin](https://serious-science.org/before-command-the-russian-economy-from-emancipation-to-stalin-4351) - Historian Paul Gregory on the agrarian crisis hypothesis, smychka, and the agricultural performance of Siberia
- [Observation of the D/H ratio in comets](https://serious-science.org/observation-of-the-dh-ratio-in-comets-4335) - Physicist Paul Hartogh on primordial materials, escape of the atmosphere, and the Giotto mission
- [Mechanisms of Antioxidants' Functions](https://serious-science.org/mechanisms-of-antioxidants-functions-4275) - Biologist Angelo Azzi on the internal balance of oxidants and antioxidants, free radicals, and polyphenols
- [Climate Change](https://serious-science.org/climate-change-5120) - Climatologist Thomas Stocker on the significance of rising global temperatures, instabilities in the climate system and future research on climate change
- [The Search for Gravitational Waves](https://serious-science.org/search-for-gravitational-waves-41) - Physicist Nergis Mavalvala on the general theory of relativity, Hulse-Taylor system, and the way gravitational wave can be measured using a mirror, a laser, and a clock
- [Experimental Linguistics](https://serious-science.org/experimental-linguistics-1418) - Linguist Maria Polinsky on behavioral approaches, resumptive pronouns, and presence of genders in different languages
- [Thinking Outside the Simulation Box](https://serious-science.org/thinking-outside-the-simulation-box-4959) - Cosmologist Avi Loeb on mainstream science, Bell labs, and the importance of having diverse ideas
- [Inquisition Archives](https://serious-science.org/inquisition-archives-4955) - Historian Carlo Ginzburg on forbidden books, the depletion of the Central Archive, and a letter to the Pope
- [Complex feeding behavior in a primitive animal lacking a stomach](https://serious-science.org/complex-feeding-behavior-in-a-primitive-animal-lacking-a-stomach-4988) - One of the simplest multicellular organisms may be not as simple as previously believed
- [Potentially Habitable Planets](https://serious-science.org/potentially-habitable-planets-4339) - Astrophysicist Joshua Winn on astronomical transits, the importance of liquid water, and Kepler mission
- [The Role of Neuronal Identity in Synaptic Competition](https://serious-science.org/role-of-neuronal-identity-in-synaptic-competition-1145) - Prof. Jeff Lichtman of Harvard University on the neuromuscular junction, loss of axon connections, and 'brainbow' mice
- [Allelic Architecture of Complex Traits](https://serious-science.org/allelic-architecture-of-complex-traits-4355) - Geneticist Shamil Sunyaev on the difference between Mendelian and complex traits, linkage methods in genetics, and functionally relevant allelic variants in genes
- [Reversible Aging](https://serious-science.org/reversible-aging-1552) - Geneticist David Sinclair on the aging dogma, SIR proteins, and an efficient way of DNA repair
- [Sugar-based Treatment for Persisting Bacterial Infection](https://serious-science.org/sugar-based-treatment-for-persisting-bacterial-infection-1543) - Biomedical engineer James Collins on bacterial persisters, mammalian metabolism, and antibiotics
- [Origins of Overtreatment in Medicine](https://serious-science.org/origins-of-overtreatment-in-medicine-1243) - Professor David Jones of Harvard Medical School on evidence-based medicine, coronary artery disease, and unanticipated side effects
- [Mutation, Selection and Genetic Drift](https://serious-science.org/mutation-selection-and-genetic-drift-1056) - Biologist Shamil Sunyaev on the sources of genetic variance, reconstructing population history, and disease risk
- [Shock Electrodialysis](https://serious-science.org/shock-electrodialysis-459) - Chemical engineer Martin Z. Bazant on understanding dynamics at intermediate scale, "deionization shocks", and the process of over-limiting current to membranes
- [The First Stars and Galaxies](https://serious-science.org/first-stars-and-galaxies-1194) - Astrophysicist Avi Loeb on structure formation in the early Universe, mapping hydrogen using a 21 centimeter line, and density inhomogeneities
- [Computer Networks in the Soviet Union](https://serious-science.org/computer-networks-in-soviet-union-352) - MIT Lecturer Vyacheslav Gerovitch on the idea of optimizing the Soviet economy with a computer network, the technology of datagram switching, and “considents” in the USSR
- [Introduction to microRNA](https://serious-science.org/introduction-to-microrna-437) - Biologist Anna M. Krichevsky on RNA interference, ways of studying microRNA, and other non-protein coding regulatory RNA molecules
- [Evidence for Parallel Universes](https://serious-science.org/evidence-parallel-universes-1435) - Physicist Max Tegmark on predictions that cannot be observed, explanation of the fine-tuning of the Universe, and quantum computers
- [New Materials and Tissue Engineering](https://serious-science.org/new-materials-tissue-engineering-1276) - MIT Professor Robert Langer on artificial organs, fibers encapsulation, and diseases that can't be treated with drugs
- [The Psychologizing of Modernity in Art and Architecture](https://serious-science.org/psychologizing-of-modernity-in-art-and-architecture-4347) - Historian Mark Jarzombek on the influence of psychoanalysis on modern architecture, stadiums and bathhouses, and the Self
- [Religion and Immigration](https://serious-science.org/religion-and-immigration-4357) - Sociologist Peter Kivisto on differences in the treatment of immigrant populations in Western Europe and the US, French Muslims, and the Dutch pattern of multiculturalism
- [Mathematics of Signal Processing](https://serious-science.org/mathematics-of-signal-processing-278) - Mathematician Gilbert Strang on the difference between cosine and wavelet functions, audio compression, and the JPEG format
- [Induced-Charge Electro-Osmosis](https://serious-science.org/induced-charge-electro-osmosis-4353) - Martin Z. Bazant on elecroosmotic flows, Janus patricles, and electrokinetic phenomena
- [Theorem of Human Unpredictability](https://serious-science.org/theorem-of-human-unpredictability-248) - MIT Professor Seth Lloyd on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, the Cretan liar paradox, and the problem of free will
- [Atomic Clocks and General Relativity](https://serious-science.org/atomic-clocks-and-general-relativity-1012) - Physicist Daniel Kleppner on precise time measurements, gravitational field, and the Global Positioning System
- [Superfluidity of Ultracold Matter](https://serious-science.org/superfluidity-of-ultracold-matter-1246) - Physicist Wolfgang Ketterle on achieving superfluidity, atoms marching in lockstep, and room temperature superconductors
- [Migration State and Welfare State](https://serious-science.org/migration-state-and-welfare-state-3903) - Economist Assaf Razin on migration policy in the EU and the US, coordinated welfare state, and skilled migrants
- [Uncultured Bacteria](https://serious-science.org/uncultured-bacteria-1510) - Microbiologist Kim Lewis on the great plate count anomaly, siderophores, and the human microbiome
- [Principles of Antibiotic Discovery](https://serious-science.org/principles-of-antibiotic-discovery-434) - Microbiologist Kim Lewis on multidrug resistance pump, prodrugs, and Metronidazole
- [Artificial DNA](https://serious-science.org/artificial-dna-414) - Geneticist Maxim Frank-Kamenetskii on replacing DNA with other molecules, peptide nucleic acid, and new types of life
- [General Anesthesia](https://serious-science.org/general-anesthesia-736) - Professor Emery Brown of MIT on what has to be monitored during anesthesia, side effects of inhalational anesthetics, intravenous drugs, opioids and narcotics
- [Propofol as a Widely Used Anesthetic](https://serious-science.org/propofol-as-widely-used-anesthetic-3984) - Neuroscientist Emery Brown on anesthetics' oscillation, propofol, and anesthesiology as a part of clinical neuroscience
- [Dopamine system](https://serious-science.org/dopamine-system-4273) - Psychologist Samuel McClure on neurotransmitters, errors in prediction, and neuromarketing
- [The Paradox of Chronic Infections](https://serious-science.org/paradox-of-chronic-infections-58) - Microbiologist Kim Lewis on chronic relapsing infections, persister cells, and Metronidazole
- [Scientific Work in Los Alamos Program](https://serious-science.org/scientific-work-in-los-alamos-program-1567) - Nobel Prize laureate Roy Glauber on avoiding predetonation, the Trinity test, and the hydrogen bomb
- [Language Design](https://serious-science.org/language-design-679) - Linguist Noam Chomsky on the syntactic principle of language, the linguistic capacity of humans, and the laws of physics behind snowflakes
- [MicroRNA studies](https://serious-science.org/micro-rna-studies-68) - Neurologist Anna Krichevsky of Harvard University on the different roles of microRNAs, pseudogenes, and how mRNAs can “talk” to each other through microRNA
- [Multiple Functions of Vitamin E](https://serious-science.org/multiple-functions-of-vitamin-e-1945) - Tufts University professor, Angelo Azzi, on recent and historical discoveries surrounding vitamin E, problems with past research, and how vitamin E impacts genetics
- [Quantum Chromodynamics](https://serious-science.org/quantum-chromodynamics-1060) - Nobel Prize laureate David Gross on Rutherford experiments, asymptotic freedom, and the origin of the particle masses
- [The Genome Folding Problem](https://serious-science.org/genome-folding-problem-1014) - Associate Professor at MIT Leonid Mirny on the scales of the DNA structure, chromosome interaction, and parallel sequencing
- [Solid-State NMR of Biomolecules](https://serious-science.org/solid-state-nmr-of-biomolecules-4193) - Biophysicist Burkhard Bechinger on optical spectroscopy, magic angle spinning, and the orientation of molecules
- [Biophysics of Antimicrobal Peptides](https://serious-science.org/biophysics-of-antimicrobal-peptides-1933) - University of Strasbourg professor, Burkhard Bechinger, on discovering new antibiotics, the interaction of peptides with bacterial membranes and promising work all over the world
- [Construction of the Soviet Cosmonaut](https://serious-science.org/construction-of-soviet-cosmonaut-440) - MIT Lecturer Vyacheslav Gerovitch on Sergei Korolev’s design bureau, the leadership of the Soviet cosmonauts, and thinking outside the box in space
- [Informal Social Institutions in Soviet Mathematics](https://serious-science.org/informal-social-institutions-in-soviet-mathematics-1522) - MIT Lecturer Vyacheslav Gerovitch on admission policies in institutions, mathematical seminars, and the identity of a disinterested mathematician
- [Synthetic Biology for Space Program](https://serious-science.org/synthetic-biology-for-space-program-1080) - MIT Research Scientist Christopher Carr on challenges of distant journeys, components of cosmic radiation, and harnessing engineered organisms
- [Autosomal analog of X-chromosome inactivation](https://serious-science.org/autosomal-analog-of-x-chromosome-inactivation-1053) - Assistant Professor at Harvard University Alexander Gimelbrant on epigenetic regulation, olfactory receptors, and inheritance of cell state
- [Cancer Metastasis Promotion by CCR5 Receptor](https://serious-science.org/cancer-metastasis-promotion-by-ccr5-receptor-4192) - Biologist Richard Pestell on the cancer GPS, chances to live a long life with the disease, and promising experiments in the field
- [Terror by Quota](https://serious-science.org/terror-by-quota-1561) - Historian Paul Gregory on Stalin's "limity", death sentences, and the academic research with great political importance
- [Brain Function and Chromatin Plasticity](https://serious-science.org/brain-function-and-chromatin-plasticity-934) - Prof. Catherine Dulac of Harvard University on the role of histone modification, the molecular basis of memory, and the future of molecular neuroscience
- [Genetics of Color Adaptation](https://serious-science.org/genetics-color-adaptation-718) - Prof. Hopi Hoekstra of Harvard University on beneficial mutations, wild mice as a model system, and patterns of genetic variation
- [Microscopic Theory of Melting](https://serious-science.org/microscopic-theory-of-melting-3941) - Chemist Mark Tuckerman on classical nucleation theory, rare events phenomena, and energetic balance in the melting process
- [Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells](https://serious-science.org/induced-pluripotent-stem-cells-11) - Biologist Rudolf Jaenisch on invention of IPS cells, the epigenetic state of the genes, and making a liver in a Petri dish
- [History of Pharmacogenomics](https://serious-science.org/history-of-pharmacogenomics-966) - Harvard Medical School Prof. David Jones on personalized medicine, patients’ lifestyle, and genetic factors of treatment
- [Embryonic Stem Cells](https://serious-science.org/embryonic-stem-cells-35) - Biologist Maya Mitalipova on regenerative medicine, hematopoietic system, and essential ethic issues of the cell biology
- [Engineering More Effective Antibiotics](https://serious-science.org/engineering-more-effective-antibiotics-1058) - Boston University Prof. James Collins on bacterial resistance, active mutagens, and efficacy of biocides
- [Predicting Functional Effect of Human Mutations](https://serious-science.org/functional-effect-of-human-mutations-78) - Harvard Associate Prof. Shamil Sunyaev on protein evolution model, human disease mutations, and the help of different vertebrate species for human genetic research
- [The Electric Information Age Book](https://serious-science.org/electric-information-age-book-3848) - Harvard Prof. Jeffrey Schnapp on print-based communications, electric information age, and "dynabooks"
- [The Benandanti](https://serious-science.org/benandanti-2906) - Historian Carlo Ginzburg on the benandanti witches, clashes between medieval peasants and inquisitors, and the misconception in the inquisition trials
- [Identifying Adaptive Mutations](https://serious-science.org/identifying-adaptive-mutations-3837) - Biologist Hopi Hoekstra on sand dunes of Nebraska, agouti signaling protein, and adaptation to the habitat
- [Atom Laser](https://serious-science.org/atom-laser-3993) - Physicist Daniel Kleppner on Bose-Einstein condensation, atom beams, and quantum computers
- [The Interaction Between Very Short Laser Pulses and Materials](https://serious-science.org/interaction-between-very-short-laser-pulses-and-materials-815) - Harvard University Prof. Eric Mazur on advantages of femtosecond exposure, changing properties of matter, and overcoming intensity barrier
- [International Influence on Copyright Law](https://serious-science.org/international-influence-on-copyright-law-3476) - Lawyer Tom Winston Bell on the Berne Convention, music pirates, and the copyright lobby
- [DNA Topology](https://serious-science.org/dna-topology-49) - Molecular biologist Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii on the round form of DNA, changes in topology caused by topoisomerases, and further discoveries
- [Snapshot of the cell's cargo transporter complex](https://serious-science.org/snapshot-of-the-cells-cargo-transporter-complex-3153) - The insight into the structure of motor proteins shows how they interact to deliver nutrients to cells
- [Security and the Soviet Command Economy](https://serious-science.org/security-and-soviet-command-economy-1361) - University of Warwick Prof. Mark Harrison on military-industrial complex, Stalin's Great Breakthrough, and paperwork in KGB
- [Multiculturalism and National Identity](https://serious-science.org/multiculturalism-and-national-identity-2381) - Sociologist Peter Kivisto on problems with multiculturalism, profit for a country from a multicultural population, and the impact of multiculturalism on national identity
- [The Transits of Exoplanets](https://serious-science.org/the-transits-of-exoplanets-1970) - Physicist Joshua Winn on the difficulties of exoplanetary research, how researchers managed to get lucky with exoplanets, and the future of the field
- [Limits of Genetic Explanation of Disease](https://serious-science.org/limits-of-genetic-explanation-of-disease-1972) - Culture of Medicine professor, David S. Jones, on the age of genomics, alternative ways to help society, and the use of current knowledge
- [D/H ratio in Solar System](https://serious-science.org/dh-ratio-in-solar-system-1921) - Staff Member at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Paul Hartogh, on the use of the deuterium/hydrogen ratio, the Big Bang and tracing back the history of gas giants
- [Venusian Volcanism](https://serious-science.org/venusian-volcanism-3341) - Astronomer Jean-Loup Bertaux on volcanoes, sulfuric lava, and methods to explore the surface of Venus
- [Understanding Economic Complexity](https://serious-science.org/understanding-economic-complexity-2898) - MIT Assistant Prof. Cesar Hidalgo on economic complexity, crystallizing the imagination and its role in prosperity of some nations
- [Anthropology in Afghan Studies](https://serious-science.org/anthropology-in-afghan-studies-775) - Anthropologist Thomas Barfield on the form of anarchism in Afghanistan, "the little brother complex" in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and long-term anthropology
- [The Role of Measurement Tools in Science](https://serious-science.org/role-of-measurement-tools-in-science-753) - Physicist Ronald Walsworth on quantum mechanical transitions inside atoms, blue and red shift for GPS, and user-friendly precise systems
- [Genomic Imprinting and the Brain](https://serious-science.org/genomic-imprinting-and-the-brain-1810) - Biologist Catherine Dulac on the maternal-paternal genomic conflict, its influence on the growth of embryos, and its connection to brain development
- [Micromachining and Nanosurgery](https://serious-science.org/micromachining-and-nanosurgery-1798) - Physicist Eric Mazur on the features of ultrashort laser pulses in transparent materials, new prospects in data storage, and nanosurgery
- [Negative Index of Refraction in Atomic Gas](https://serious-science.org/negative-index-of-refraction-in-atomic-gas-1804) - Physicist Susanne Yelin on the perfect lens, the way to achieve negative indexes of refraction, and the challenges researchers face
- [The Search for Extraterrestrial Life](https://serious-science.org/search-for-extra-terrestrial-life-1564) - Astronomer Avi Loeb on biomarkers in our Galaxy, the bubble of radio waves around the Earth, and the earliest life possible
- [University-City Research Collaboration](https://serious-science.org/university-city-research-collaboration-3538) - Sociologist Christopher Winship on cities, universities, and the role of scientific research in urban policy decisions
- [Crystal Polymorphisms](https://serious-science.org/crystal-polymorphisms-2383) - Chemist Mark Tuckerman on the importance of chemical polymorphism, the consequence it can have for pharmaceutical companies, and the problems yet to solve
- [Architecture of First Societies](https://serious-science.org/architecture-of-first-societies-773) - Historian Mark Jarzombek on the notion of seemingly primitive, worldwide evolution of the housing, and the fate of native populations in modern environment
- [Double Lifespan](https://serious-science.org/double-lifespan-3127) - Geneticist David Sinclair on a long-liver nematode worm, living organisms' recovery systems and a special diet to extent one's lifespan
- [Cosmic Inflation and the Origin of Structure in Universe](https://serious-science.org/cosmic-inflation-and-origin-of-structure-in-universe-1795) - MIT Professor David Kaiser on galactic superclusters, long-term effects of gravity, and Higgs field
- [Functional Brain Imaging](https://serious-science.org/functional-brain-imaging-1427) - Physicist Srinivas Sridhar on non-invasive methods of monitoring, localizing the source of seizures, and brain waves
- [Measuring Chirality](https://serious-science.org/measuring-chirality-424) - Physicist John Doyle on ibuprophen's capacity to relief pain, orientation of dipole moments, and 'handedness' of molecules
- [Nanoscale Quantum Sensors](https://serious-science.org/nanoscale-quantum-sensors-57) - Physicist Mikhail Lukin on quantum computers, atomic clocks, and new tools for exploring biological systems
- [Design and Measurement of Casimir Forces](https://serious-science.org/design-and-measurement-of-casimir-forces-1968) - Harvard University professor, Federico Capasso, on Casimir light, the difficulties of experimentation, and possible future applications
- [Microhistory](https://serious-science.org/microhistory-2893) - Historian Carlo Ginzburg on the value of an individual, geopolitical traditions in history and globalization
- [Hidden Costs of Dictatorship](https://serious-science.org/hidden-costs-of-dictatorship-2628) - Stanford Professor Mark Harrison on Soviet Russia, KGB and authoritarian regimes' secrecy
- [Cognitive Advantages of Bilingualism](https://serious-science.org/cognitive-advantages-of-bilingualism-2-2610) - Harvard Prof. Maria Polinsky on introducing two languages, the importance of literacy and advantages of bilingual individuals
- [System Architecture for Managers](https://serious-science.org/system-architecture-for-managers-1368) - Carnegie Mellon Prof. Matthew Bass on how to keep products innovative, development roadmaps, and interaction between managers and engineers
- [Copyright as Intellectual Property Privilege](https://serious-science.org/copyright-as-intellectual-property-privilege-1770) - Chapman University School of Law Prof. Tom Winston Bell on the Copyright Act of 1790, the Constitutional amendments, and fair use defense
- [Voyager and the Heliopause Crossing](https://serious-science.org/voyager-and-heliopause-crossing-1793) - Director of research at LATMOS, Jean-Loup Bertaux, on the current locations of Voyager One and Two, the Heliopause, and the controversy on Voyager One's location
- [Native American Architecture](https://serious-science.org/native-american-architecture-1202) - MIT Prof. Mark Jarzombek on love to turquoise in Mayan culture, mobile architecture of Plains Indians, and getting away from the old view on ancient nations
- [Modelling Neurodegenerative Diseases with Stem Cells](https://serious-science.org/modelling-neurodegenerative-diseases-with-stem-cells-1801) - MIT Human Stem Cell Lab. Director Maya Mitalipova on age-related diseases, stem cells, and new ways to model neurodegenerative diseases
- [Electromagnetically Induced Transparency](https://serious-science.org/electromagnetically-induced-transparency-818) - Harvard Prof. Susanne Yelin on interaction between light and matter, optical pumping, and slow light
- [Laser Frequency Combs in Astrophysics](https://serious-science.org/laser-frequency-combs-in-astrophysics-1107) - Harvard Lecturer Ronald Walsworth on methods of exoplanets discovery, reference for spectral measurements, and determination of chemical composition
- [Widespread Monoallelic Expression in Mammals](https://serious-science.org/widespread-monoallelic-expression-in-mammals-79) - Harvard Assistant Prof. Alexander Gimelbrant on X-chromosome inactivation, castaneus strain, and epigenetic mechanisms
- [Problem Solving Approach to Science](https://serious-science.org/problem-solving-approach-to-science-2-899) - Harvard University Prof. Federico Capasso on convergence between different disciplines, “designer science”, and flat optics
- [MicroRNA in Human Brain Diseases](https://serious-science.org/microrna-in-human-brain-diseases-1516) - Harvard Prof. Anna Krichevsky on role of microRNAs in cell differentiation, oncomiRs, and clinical trials
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- [cell](https://serious-science.org/themes/cell)
- [virus](https://serious-science.org/themes/virus)
- [infection](https://serious-science.org/themes/infection)
- [Joseph Stalin](https://serious-science.org/themes/joseph-stalin)
- [Vladimir Lenin](https://serious-science.org/themes/vladimir-lenin)
- [NKVD](https://serious-science.org/themes/nkvd)
- [ethology](https://serious-science.org/themes/ethology)
- [ecology](https://serious-science.org/themes/ecology)
- [behavior](https://serious-science.org/themes/behavior)
- [Richard Dawkins](https://serious-science.org/themes/richard-dawkins)
- [magnetic moment](https://serious-science.org/themes/magnetic-moment)
- [isotope](https://serious-science.org/themes/isotope)
- [polarization](https://serious-science.org/themes/polarization)
- [neutrino](https://serious-science.org/themes/neutrino)
- [mechanics](https://serious-science.org/themes/mechanics)
- [robotics](https://serious-science.org/themes/robotics)
- [protein](https://serious-science.org/themes/protein)
- [Takings Clause](https://serious-science.org/themes/takings-clause)
- [the Constitution](https://serious-science.org/themes/the-constitution)
- [copyright](https://serious-science.org/themes/copyright)
- [property](https://serious-science.org/themes/property)
- [court](https://serious-science.org/themes/court)
- [database](https://serious-science.org/themes/database)
- [game theory](https://serious-science.org/themes/game-theory)
- [programming](https://serious-science.org/themes/programming)
- [programming language](https://serious-science.org/themes/programming-language)
- [voyager](https://serious-science.org/themes/voyager)
- [heliopause](https://serious-science.org/themes/heliopause)
- [heliosphere](https://serious-science.org/themes/heliosphere)
- [meteorite](https://serious-science.org/themes/meteorite)
- [protoplanet](https://serious-science.org/themes/protoplanet)
- [UAV](https://serious-science.org/themes/uav)
- [optical fiber](https://serious-science.org/themes/optical-fiber)
- [communication](https://serious-science.org/themes/communication)
- [physical anthropology](https://serious-science.org/themes/physical-anthropology)
- [cultural anthropology](https://serious-science.org/themes/cultural-anthropology)
- [environment](https://serious-science.org/themes/environment)
- [visual search](https://serious-science.org/themes/visual-search)
- [cognitive psychology](https://serious-science.org/themes/cognitive-psychology)
- [attention](https://serious-science.org/themes/attention)
- [perception](https://serious-science.org/themes/perception)
- [addiction](https://serious-science.org/themes/addiction)
- [vitamins](https://serious-science.org/themes/vitamins)
- [obesity](https://serious-science.org/themes/obesity)
- [big bang](https://serious-science.org/themes/big-bang)
- [tissue](https://serious-science.org/themes/tissue)
- [muscle](https://serious-science.org/themes/muscle)
- [fractal](https://serious-science.org/themes/fractal)
- [golden mean](https://serious-science.org/themes/golden-mean)
- [fossil](https://serious-science.org/themes/fossil)
- [hydrogen](https://serious-science.org/themes/hydrogen)
- [Richard Feynman](https://serious-science.org/themes/richard-feynman)
- [first-principles calculation](https://serious-science.org/themes/first-principles-calculation)
- [chemical bond](https://serious-science.org/themes/chemical-bond)
- [vacuum](https://serious-science.org/themes/vacuum)
- [boron](https://serious-science.org/themes/boron)
- [entropy](https://serious-science.org/themes/entropy)
- [crystal lattice](https://serious-science.org/themes/crystal-lattice)
- [religion](https://serious-science.org/themes/religion)
- [multiculturalism](https://serious-science.org/themes/multiculturalism)
- [nation](https://serious-science.org/themes/nation)
- [migration](https://serious-science.org/themes/migration)
- [crystal](https://serious-science.org/themes/crystal)
- [probability](https://serious-science.org/themes/probability)
- [polymorphism](https://serious-science.org/themes/polymorphism)
- [gene silencing](https://serious-science.org/themes/gene-silencing)
- [mental disorder](https://serious-science.org/themes/mental-disorder)
- [geology](https://serious-science.org/themes/geology)
- [nitrogen](https://serious-science.org/themes/nitrogen)
- [quantum chemistry](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantum-chemistry)
- [muon](https://serious-science.org/themes/muon)
- [entomology](https://serious-science.org/themes/entomology)
- [ants](https://serious-science.org/themes/ants)
- [bone marrow](https://serious-science.org/themes/bone-marrow)
- [Mars](https://serious-science.org/themes/mars)
- [catalyst](https://serious-science.org/themes/catalyst)
- [Neanderthals](https://serious-science.org/themes/neanderthals)
- [3D printing](https://serious-science.org/themes/3d-printing)
- [supernova](https://serious-science.org/themes/supernova)
- [magnetic field](https://serious-science.org/themes/magnetic-field)
- [scanning tunneling microscope](https://serious-science.org/themes/scanning-tunneling-microscope)
- [Ohm’s law](https://serious-science.org/themes/ohms-law)
- [Fermi energy](https://serious-science.org/themes/fermi-energy)
- [Afghanistan](https://serious-science.org/themes/afghanistan)
- [ethnicity](https://serious-science.org/themes/ethnicity)
- [sun](https://serious-science.org/themes/sun)
- [stars](https://serious-science.org/themes/stars)
- [cognition](https://serious-science.org/themes/cognition)
- [pla](https://serious-science.org/themes/pla)
- [exoplanets](https://serious-science.org/themes/exoplanets)
- [Kepler](https://serious-science.org/themes/kepler)
- [photometry](https://serious-science.org/themes/photometry)
- [NASA](https://serious-science.org/themes/nasa)
- [personbyte](https://serious-science.org/themes/personbyte)
- [institutions](https://serious-science.org/themes/institutions)
- [microhistory](https://serious-science.org/themes/microhistory)
- [biological sciences](https://serious-science.org/themes/biological-sciences)
- [palaeontology](https://serious-science.org/themes/palaeontology)
- [GULAG](https://serious-science.org/themes/gulag)
- [cellular biology](https://serious-science.org/themes/cellular-biology)
- [fluorescence](https://serious-science.org/themes/fluorescence)
- [biochemistry](https://serious-science.org/themes/biochemistry)
- [medical examination](https://serious-science.org/themes/medical-examination)
- [culture](https://serious-science.org/themes/culture)
- [water](https://serious-science.org/themes/water)
- [physical geography](https://serious-science.org/themes/physical-geography)
- [Jurassic](https://serious-science.org/themes/jurassic)
- [Venus](https://serious-science.org/themes/venus)
- [planets](https://serious-science.org/themes/planets)
- [urban geography](https://serious-science.org/themes/urban-geography)
- [robot](https://serious-science.org/themes/robot)
- [information technology](https://serious-science.org/themes/information-technology)
- [South America](https://serious-science.org/themes/south-america)
- [neurobiology](https://serious-science.org/themes/neurobiology)
- [paleobiology](https://serious-science.org/themes/paleobiology)
- [Cherenkov effect](https://serious-science.org/themes/cherenkov-effect)
- [lenses](https://serious-science.org/themes/lenses)
- [war](https://serious-science.org/themes/war)
- [revolution](https://serious-science.org/themes/revolution)
- [health](https://serious-science.org/themes/health)
- [nervous system](https://serious-science.org/themes/nervous-system)
- [heathcare](https://serious-science.org/themes/heathcare)
- [philosophy of mind](https://serious-science.org/themes/philosophy-of-mind)
- [questions](https://serious-science.org/themes/questions)
- [social neuroscience](https://serious-science.org/themes/social-neuroscience)
- [fMRI](https://serious-science.org/themes/fmri)
- [HIV](https://serious-science.org/themes/hiv)
- [gas giants](https://serious-science.org/themes/gas-giants)
- [infrared](https://serious-science.org/themes/infrared)
- [marketing](https://serious-science.org/themes/marketing)
- [security](https://serious-science.org/themes/security)
- [terrorism](https://serious-science.org/themes/terrorism)
- [antioxidants](https://serious-science.org/themes/antioxidants)
- [microRNA](https://serious-science.org/themes/microrna)
- [mRNA](https://serious-science.org/themes/mrna)
- [nucleic acids](https://serious-science.org/themes/nucleic-acids)
- [Internet](https://serious-science.org/themes/internet)
- [network security](https://serious-science.org/themes/network-security)
- [radiation](https://serious-science.org/themes/radiation)
- [earthquake](https://serious-science.org/themes/earthquake)
- [computation](https://serious-science.org/themes/computation)
- [digital](https://serious-science.org/themes/digital)
- [time](https://serious-science.org/themes/time)
- [gravitational field](https://serious-science.org/themes/gravitational-field)
- [gravity](https://serious-science.org/themes/gravity)
- [logic](https://serious-science.org/themes/logic)
- [free will](https://serious-science.org/themes/free-will)
- [Muslim](https://serious-science.org/themes/muslim)
- [immigration](https://serious-science.org/themes/immigration)
- [immigrants](https://serious-science.org/themes/immigrants)
- [mutlicultural](https://serious-science.org/themes/mutlicultural)
- [mosque](https://serious-science.org/themes/mosque)
- [nanotube](https://serious-science.org/themes/nanotube)
- [graphene](https://serious-science.org/themes/graphene)
- [digital switch](https://serious-science.org/themes/digital-switch)
- [memory](https://serious-science.org/themes/memory)
- [techology](https://serious-science.org/themes/techology)
- [agriculture](https://serious-science.org/themes/agriculture)
- [Russian Revolution](https://serious-science.org/themes/russian-revolution)
- [comets](https://serious-science.org/themes/comets)
- [Iran](https://serious-science.org/themes/iran)
- [Tajikistan](https://serious-science.org/themes/tajikistan)
- [Uzbekistan](https://serious-science.org/themes/uzbekistan)
- [signal processing](https://serious-science.org/themes/signal-processing)
- [applied mathematics](https://serious-science.org/themes/applied-mathematics)
- [recombination](https://serious-science.org/themes/recombination)
- [genetic diversity](https://serious-science.org/themes/genetic-diversity)
- [differential equations](https://serious-science.org/themes/differential-equations)
- [numerical methods](https://serious-science.org/themes/numerical-methods)
- [parallel universes](https://serious-science.org/themes/parallel-universes)
- [genes](https://serious-science.org/themes/genes)
- [treatment](https://serious-science.org/themes/treatment)
- [medical practice](https://serious-science.org/themes/medical-practice)
- [zoology](https://serious-science.org/themes/zoology)
- [animal behavior](https://serious-science.org/themes/animal-behavior)
- [primates](https://serious-science.org/themes/primates)
- [extinction](https://serious-science.org/themes/extinction)
- [Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary](https://serious-science.org/themes/ediacaran-cambrian-boundary)
- [Ediacaran Period](https://serious-science.org/themes/ediacaran-period)
- [Climate](https://serious-science.org/themes/climate)
- [climate change](https://serious-science.org/themes/climate-change)
- [Arctic Mediterranean](https://serious-science.org/themes/arctic-mediterranean)
- [Arctic Ocean](https://serious-science.org/themes/arctic-ocean)
- [glacial period](https://serious-science.org/themes/glacial-period)
- [transistor](https://serious-science.org/themes/transistor)
- [electron transport](https://serious-science.org/themes/electron-transport)
- [neurophilosophy](https://serious-science.org/themes/neurophilosophy)
- [mathematical model](https://serious-science.org/themes/mathematical-model)
- [Inquisition](https://serious-science.org/themes/inquisition)
- [inqui](https://serious-science.org/themes/inqui)
- [inheritance](https://serious-science.org/themes/inheritance)
- [star formation](https://serious-science.org/themes/star-formation)
- [molecular cloud](https://serious-science.org/themes/molecular-cloud)
- [preventice medicine](https://serious-science.org/themes/preventice-medicine)
- [monitoring](https://serious-science.org/themes/monitoring)
- [algorithms](https://serious-science.org/themes/algorithms)
- [data analysis](https://serious-science.org/themes/data-analysis)
- [microbes](https://serious-science.org/themes/microbes)
- [iron deposits](https://serious-science.org/themes/iron-deposits)
- [Africa](https://serious-science.org/themes/africa)
- [invention](https://serious-science.org/themes/invention)
- [model](https://serious-science.org/themes/model)
- [modeling](https://serious-science.org/themes/modeling)
- [computational model](https://serious-science.org/themes/computational-model)
- [planet formation](https://serious-science.org/themes/planet-formation)
- [insects](https://serious-science.org/themes/insects)
- [venom](https://serious-science.org/themes/venom)
- [wasp](https://serious-science.org/themes/wasp)
- [cancer treatment](https://serious-science.org/themes/cancer-treatment)
- [bioinformatics](https://serious-science.org/themes/bioinformatics)
- [sequencing](https://serious-science.org/themes/sequencing)
- [junk DNA](https://serious-science.org/themes/junk-dna)
- [frogs](https://serious-science.org/themes/frogs)
- [endocrinology](https://serious-science.org/themes/endocrinology)
- [surgery](https://serious-science.org/themes/surgery)
- [bone](https://serious-science.org/themes/bone)
- [neuroeconomics](https://serious-science.org/themes/neuroeconomics)
- [decision](https://serious-science.org/themes/decision)
- [stress](https://serious-science.org/themes/stress)
- [animals](https://serious-science.org/themes/animals)
- [quantum gravity](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantum-gravity)
- [quantization](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantization)
- [quantum interaction](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantum-interaction)
- [elementary particles](https://serious-science.org/themes/elementary-particles)
- [graviton](https://serious-science.org/themes/graviton)
- [coupling constant](https://serious-science.org/themes/coupling-constant)
- [string theory](https://serious-science.org/themes/string-theory)
- [drugs](https://serious-science.org/themes/drugs)
- [dopamine](https://serious-science.org/themes/dopamine)
- [dopamine system](https://serious-science.org/themes/dopamine-system)
- [Nobel Prize](https://serious-science.org/themes/nobel-prize)
- [malaria](https://serious-science.org/themes/malaria)
- [money](https://serious-science.org/themes/money)
- [bank](https://serious-science.org/themes/bank)
- [Bitcoin](https://serious-science.org/themes/bitcoin)
- [currency](https://serious-science.org/themes/currency)
- [ethics](https://serious-science.org/themes/ethics)
- [morality](https://serious-science.org/themes/morality)
- [self-control](https://serious-science.org/themes/self-control)
- [adolescence](https://serious-science.org/themes/adolescence)
- [risk](https://serious-science.org/themes/risk)
- [bioenergetics](https://serious-science.org/themes/bioenergetics)
- [Energy](https://serious-science.org/themes/energy)
- [ultracold atoms](https://serious-science.org/themes/ultracold-atoms)
- [quantum simulation](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantum-simulation)
- [genetic history](https://serious-science.org/themes/genetic-history)
- [prediction](https://serious-science.org/themes/prediction)
- [rationality](https://serious-science.org/themes/rationality)
- [case](https://serious-science.org/themes/case)
- [decision theory](https://serious-science.org/themes/decision-theory)
- [causal effect](https://serious-science.org/themes/causal-effect)
- [habitability](https://serious-science.org/themes/habitability)
- [terrestrial](https://serious-science.org/themes/terrestrial)
- [First World War](https://serious-science.org/themes/first-world-war)
- [20th century](https://serious-science.org/themes/20th-century)
- [Arab states](https://serious-science.org/themes/arab-states)
- [Israel](https://serious-science.org/themes/israel)
- [European union](https://serious-science.org/themes/european-union)
- [Yugoslavia](https://serious-science.org/themes/yugoslavia)
- [epidemology](https://serious-science.org/themes/epidemology)
- [5 books](https://serious-science.org/themes/5-books)
- [Ukraine](https://serious-science.org/themes/ukraine)
- [Stalin](https://serious-science.org/themes/stalin)
- [famine](https://serious-science.org/themes/famine)
- [Holodomor](https://serious-science.org/themes/holodomor)
- [apoptosis](https://serious-science.org/themes/apoptosis)
- [network](https://serious-science.org/themes/network)
- [materials](https://serious-science.org/themes/materials)
- [aircraft](https://serious-science.org/themes/aircraft)
- [composite materials](https://serious-science.org/themes/composite-materials)
- [high-throughput sequencing](https://serious-science.org/themes/high-throughput-sequencing)
- [sensors](https://serious-science.org/themes/sensors)
- [regeneration](https://serious-science.org/themes/regeneration)
- [e-skin](https://serious-science.org/themes/e-skin)
- [nanophotonics](https://serious-science.org/themes/nanophotonics)
- [invisibility](https://serious-science.org/themes/invisibility)
- [gold](https://serious-science.org/themes/gold)
- [2D materials](https://serious-science.org/themes/2d-materials)
- [3D materials](https://serious-science.org/themes/3d-materials)
- [topological insulators](https://serious-science.org/themes/topological-insulators)
- [patient outcome](https://serious-science.org/themes/patient-outcome)
- [stroke](https://serious-science.org/themes/stroke)
- [birds](https://serious-science.org/themes/birds)
- [neural network](https://serious-science.org/themes/neural-network)
- [archeology](https://serious-science.org/themes/archeology)
- [happiness](https://serious-science.org/themes/happiness)
- [dogs](https://serious-science.org/themes/dogs)
- [sexual reproduction](https://serious-science.org/themes/sexual-reproduction)
- [simulation](https://serious-science.org/themes/simulation)
- [quantum cryptography](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantum-cryptography)
- [cryptography](https://serious-science.org/themes/cryptography)
- [quantum communication](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantum-communication)
- [calorie restriction](https://serious-science.org/themes/calorie-restriction)
- [Greece](https://serious-science.org/themes/greece)
- [ribosome](https://serious-science.org/themes/ribosome)
- [debt](https://serious-science.org/themes/debt)
- [protostars](https://serious-science.org/themes/protostars)
- [protoplanetary disks](https://serious-science.org/themes/protoplanetary-disks)
- [utilitarianism](https://serious-science.org/themes/utilitarianism)
- [virtues](https://serious-science.org/themes/virtues)
- [self-interest](https://serious-science.org/themes/self-interest)
- [materiality](https://serious-science.org/themes/materiality)
- [artifacts](https://serious-science.org/themes/artifacts)
- [actor network theory](https://serious-science.org/themes/actor-network-theory)
- [thought experiment](https://serious-science.org/themes/thought-experiment)
- [navigation](https://serious-science.org/themes/navigation)
- [liberalism](https://serious-science.org/themes/liberalism)
- [newspapers](https://serious-science.org/themes/newspapers)
- [crisis](https://serious-science.org/themes/crisis)
- [Google](https://serious-science.org/themes/google)
- [therapy](https://serious-science.org/themes/therapy)
- [humanism](https://serious-science.org/themes/humanism)
- [Riemann Hypothesis](https://serious-science.org/themes/riemann-hypothesis)
- [number theory](https://serious-science.org/themes/number-theory)
- [consciousness](https://serious-science.org/themes/consciousness)
- [geography](https://serious-science.org/themes/geography)
- [documents](https://serious-science.org/themes/documents)
- [geoscience](https://serious-science.org/themes/geoscience)
- [ice age](https://serious-science.org/themes/ice-age)
- [video games](https://serious-science.org/themes/video-games)
- [history of culture](https://serious-science.org/themes/history-of-culture)
- [geyseyrs](https://serious-science.org/themes/geyseyrs)
- [nature](https://serious-science.org/themes/nature)
- [green energy](https://serious-science.org/themes/green-energy)
- [children](https://serious-science.org/themes/children)
- [Noam Chomsky](https://serious-science.org/themes/noam-chomsky)
- [skepticism](https://serious-science.org/themes/skepticism)
- [computer simulation](https://serious-science.org/themes/computer-simulation)
- [grammar](https://serious-science.org/themes/grammar)
- [well-being](https://serious-science.org/themes/well-being)
- [Plato](https://serious-science.org/themes/plato)
- [Aristotle](https://serious-science.org/themes/aristotle)
- [Hobbes](https://serious-science.org/themes/hobbes)
- [anthropocene](https://serious-science.org/themes/anthropocene)
- [aphasia](https://serious-science.org/themes/aphasia)
- [objectivity](https://serious-science.org/themes/objectivity)
- [Kant](https://serious-science.org/themes/kant)
- [Oort Cloud](https://serious-science.org/themes/oort-cloud)
- [Kuiper Belt](https://serious-science.org/themes/kuiper-belt)
- [quantum field theory](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantum-field-theory)
- [quantum topology](https://serious-science.org/themes/quantum-topology)
- [psychiatry](https://serious-science.org/themes/psychiatry)
- [medications](https://serious-science.org/themes/medications)
- [zombie](https://serious-science.org/themes/zombie)
- [satellites](https://serious-science.org/themes/satellites)
- [social inequality](https://serious-science.org/themes/social-inequality)
- [pterosaurs](https://serious-science.org/themes/pterosaurs)
- [christianity](https://serious-science.org/themes/christianity)
- [phonetics](https://serious-science.org/themes/phonetics)
- [Antiquity](https://serious-science.org/themes/antiquity)
- [Alexander the Great](https://serious-science.org/themes/alexander-the-great)
- [Marie Curie](https://serious-science.org/themes/marie-curie)
- [biography](https://serious-science.org/themes/biography)
- [radioactivity](https://serious-science.org/themes/radioactivity)
- [battles](https://serious-science.org/themes/battles)
- [popular culture](https://serious-science.org/themes/popular-culture)
- [Middle Ages](https://serious-science.org/themes/middle-ages)
- [Charlemagne](https://serious-science.org/themes/charlemagne)
- [Lamarck](https://serious-science.org/themes/lamarck)
- [statue](https://serious-science.org/themes/statue)
- [Louvre](https://serious-science.org/themes/louvre)
- [supersymmetry](https://serious-science.org/themes/supersymmetry)
- [embryo](https://serious-science.org/themes/embryo)
- [microscope](https://serious-science.org/themes/microscope)
- [fish](https://serious-science.org/themes/fish)
- [autism](https://serious-science.org/themes/autism)
- [fullerene](https://serious-science.org/themes/fullerene)
- [Moon](https://serious-science.org/themes/moon)
- [cristals](https://serious-science.org/themes/cristals)
- [depression](https://serious-science.org/themes/depression)
- [legend](https://serious-science.org/themes/legend)
- [literature](https://serious-science.org/themes/literature)
- [Scandinavia](https://serious-science.org/themes/scandinavia)
- [Britain](https://serious-science.org/themes/britain)
- [England](https://serious-science.org/themes/england)
- [16th century](https://serious-science.org/themes/16th-century)
- [vikings](https://serious-science.org/themes/vikings)
- [feminism](https://serious-science.org/themes/feminism)
- [American history](https://serious-science.org/themes/american-history)
- [equal rights movement](https://serious-science.org/themes/equal-rights-movement)
- [geometry](https://serious-science.org/themes/geometry)
- [sleep](https://serious-science.org/themes/sleep)
- [ophthalmology](https://serious-science.org/themes/ophthalmology)
- [latin america](https://serious-science.org/themes/latin-america)
- [cloud computing](https://serious-science.org/themes/cloud-computing)
- [computing](https://serious-science.org/themes/computing)
- [oceanography](https://serious-science.org/themes/oceanography)
- [paradoxes](https://serious-science.org/themes/paradoxes)
- [french revolution](https://serious-science.org/themes/french-revolution)
- [multimedia](https://serious-science.org/themes/multimedia)
- [harry potter](https://serious-science.org/themes/harry-potter)
- [television](https://serious-science.org/themes/television)
- [Australia](https://serious-science.org/themes/australia)
- [market](https://serious-science.org/themes/market)
- [Adam Smith](https://serious-science.org/themes/adam-smith)
- [capitalism](https://serious-science.org/themes/capitalism)
- [Alzheimer’s disease](https://serious-science.org/themes/alzheimers-disease)
- [schizophrenia](https://serious-science.org/themes/schizophrenia)
- [Diseases](https://serious-science.org/themes/diseases)
- [British Scientists](https://serious-science.org/themes/british-scientists)
- [Egypt](https://serious-science.org/themes/egypt)
- [Ancient Egypt](https://serious-science.org/themes/ancient-egypt)
- [hormones](https://serious-science.org/themes/hormones)
- [ancient Greece](https://serious-science.org/themes/ancient-greece)
- [ancient Rome](https://serious-science.org/themes/ancient-rome)
- [intelligence](https://serious-science.org/themes/intelligence)
- [dyslexia](https://serious-science.org/themes/dyslexia)
- [John Nash](https://serious-science.org/themes/john-nash)
- [social abilities](https://serious-science.org/themes/social-abilities)
- [heart](https://serious-science.org/themes/heart)
- [medieval history](https://serious-science.org/themes/medieval-history)
- [neuropsychology](https://serious-science.org/themes/neuropsychology)
- [behavioral genetics](https://serious-science.org/themes/behavioral-genetics)
- [neurodegenerative disease](https://serious-science.org/themes/neurodegenerative-disease)
- [national identity](https://serious-science.org/themes/national-identity)
- [emotion](https://serious-science.org/themes/emotion)
- [retrovirus](https://serious-science.org/themes/retrovirus)
- [immunity](https://serious-science.org/themes/immunity)
- [matter](https://serious-science.org/themes/matter)
- [NeuroTech](https://serious-science.org/themes/neurotech)
- [weather](https://serious-science.org/themes/weather)
- [art](https://serious-science.org/themes/art)
- [Leonardo da Vinci](https://serious-science.org/themes/leonardo-da-vinci)
- [epistemology](https://serious-science.org/themes/epistemology)
- [social epistemology](https://serious-science.org/themes/social-epistemology)
- [speech](https://serious-science.org/themes/speech)
- [Jean Bodin](https://serious-science.org/themes/jean-bodin)
- [political philosophy](https://serious-science.org/themes/political-philosophy)
- [Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://serious-science.org/themes/jean-jacques-rousseau)
- [global warming](https://serious-science.org/themes/global-warming)
- [biosphere](https://serious-science.org/themes/biosphere)
- [structural biology](https://serious-science.org/themes/structural-biology)
- [TMS](https://serious-science.org/themes/tms)
- [Ptolemy](https://serious-science.org/themes/ptolemy)
- [photosynthesis](https://serious-science.org/themes/photosynthesis)
- [Dante Alighieri](https://serious-science.org/themes/dante-alighieri)
- [ideology](https://serious-science.org/themes/ideology)
- [conservatism](https://serious-science.org/themes/conservatism)
- [electromagnetic fields](https://serious-science.org/themes/electromagnetic-fields)
- [meteorology](https://serious-science.org/themes/meteorology)
- [Greeks](https://serious-science.org/themes/greeks)
- [Romans](https://serious-science.org/themes/romans)
- [Kepler mission](https://serious-science.org/themes/kepler-mission)
- [price](https://serious-science.org/themes/price)
- [price theory](https://serious-science.org/themes/price-theory)
- [price formation](https://serious-science.org/themes/price-formation)
- [decentralization](https://serious-science.org/themes/decentralization)
- [free market](https://serious-science.org/themes/free-market)
- [cryo-microscopy](https://serious-science.org/themes/cryo-microscopy)
- [cryo-EM](https://serious-science.org/themes/cryo-em)
- [optical microscopy](https://serious-science.org/themes/optical-microscopy)
- [digital anthropology](https://serious-science.org/themes/digital-anthropology)
- [social media](https://serious-science.org/themes/social-media)
- [hebrew](https://serious-science.org/themes/hebrew)
- [greenhouse effect](https://serious-science.org/themes/greenhouse-effect)
- [machine learning](https://serious-science.org/themes/machine-learning)
- [symmetry](https://serious-science.org/themes/symmetry)
- [isotropy](https://serious-science.org/themes/isotropy)
- [neurology](https://serious-science.org/themes/neurology)
- [motivation](https://serious-science.org/themes/motivation)
- [mapping](https://serious-science.org/themes/mapping)
- [renaissance](https://serious-science.org/themes/renaissance)
- [developmental psychology](https://serious-science.org/themes/developmental-psychology)
- [philosophy of science](https://serious-science.org/themes/philosophy-of-science)
- [sociology of science](https://serious-science.org/themes/sociology-of-science)
- [policy](https://serious-science.org/themes/policy)
- [chronic pain](https://serious-science.org/themes/chronic-pain)
- [psychotherapy](https://serious-science.org/themes/psychotherapy)
- [science](https://serious-science.org/themes/science)
- [critical theory](https://serious-science.org/themes/critical-theory)
- [Frankfurt School](https://serious-science.org/themes/frankfurt-school)
- [Marxism](https://serious-science.org/themes/marxism)
- [discovery](https://serious-science.org/themes/discovery)
- [James Cook](https://serious-science.org/themes/james-cook)
- [metabolism](https://serious-science.org/themes/metabolism)
- [climate modelling](https://serious-science.org/themes/climate-modelling)
- [history of philosophy](https://serious-science.org/themes/history-of-philosophy)
- [Heidegger](https://serious-science.org/themes/heidegger)
- [being](https://serious-science.org/themes/being)
- [synthetic biology](https://serious-science.org/themes/synthetic-biology)
- [socialism](https://serious-science.org/themes/socialism)
- [amnesia](https://serious-science.org/themes/amnesia)
- [transmedia](https://serious-science.org/themes/transmedia)
- [media literacy](https://serious-science.org/themes/media-literacy)
- [mind](https://serious-science.org/themes/mind)
- [body](https://serious-science.org/themes/body)
- [cognitive neuroscience](https://serious-science.org/themes/cognitive-neuroscience)
- [first philosophy](https://serious-science.org/themes/first-philosophy)
- [counselling](https://serious-science.org/themes/counselling)
- [CO2](https://serious-science.org/themes/co2)
- [preventive medicine](https://serious-science.org/themes/preventive-medicine)
- [constructivism](https://serious-science.org/themes/constructivism)
- [youth](https://serious-science.org/themes/youth)
- [microrobotics](https://serious-science.org/themes/microrobotics)
- [transhumanism](https://serious-science.org/themes/transhumanism)
- [theory of mind](https://serious-science.org/themes/theory-of-mind)
- [social science](https://serious-science.org/themes/social-science)
- [hippocampus](https://serious-science.org/themes/hippocampus)
- [diet](https://serious-science.org/themes/diet)
- [spacetime](https://serious-science.org/themes/spacetime)
- [Cuba](https://serious-science.org/themes/cuba)
- [Cuban Revolution](https://serious-science.org/themes/cuban-revolution)
- [anthropology of revolution](https://serious-science.org/themes/anthropology-of-revolution)
- [carbon](https://serious-science.org/themes/carbon)
- [phenotype](https://serious-science.org/themes/phenotype)
- [genotype](https://serious-science.org/themes/genotype)
- [twins studies](https://serious-science.org/themes/twins-studies)
- [speech processing](https://serious-science.org/themes/speech-processing)
- [cryptocurrency](https://serious-science.org/themes/cryptocurrency)
- [blockchain](https://serious-science.org/themes/blockchain)
- [behaviorism](https://serious-science.org/themes/behaviorism)
- [COPD](https://serious-science.org/themes/copd)
- [inflammatory disease](https://serious-science.org/themes/inflammatory-disease)
- [law system](https://serious-science.org/themes/law-system)
- [Iceland saga](https://serious-science.org/themes/iceland-saga)
- [hemoglobin](https://serious-science.org/themes/hemoglobin)
- [Russian Empire](https://serious-science.org/themes/russian-empire)
- [political science](https://serious-science.org/themes/political-science)
- [geometric morphometrics](https://serious-science.org/themes/geometric-morphometrics)
- [development](https://serious-science.org/themes/development)
- [nationalism](https://serious-science.org/themes/nationalism)
- [national state](https://serious-science.org/themes/national-state)
- [sovereignty](https://serious-science.org/themes/sovereignty)
- [chain reaction](https://serious-science.org/themes/chain-reaction)
- [nuclear reaction](https://serious-science.org/themes/nuclear-reaction)
- [ceramic](https://serious-science.org/themes/ceramic)
- [critical temperature](https://serious-science.org/themes/critical-temperature)
- [realism](https://serious-science.org/themes/realism)
- [empiricism](https://serious-science.org/themes/empiricism)
- [Maxwell](https://serious-science.org/themes/maxwell)
- [typology](https://serious-science.org/themes/typology)
- [morphology](https://serious-science.org/themes/morphology)
- [music psychology](https://serious-science.org/themes/music-psychology)
- [emotions](https://serious-science.org/themes/emotions)
- [wildfires](https://serious-science.org/themes/wildfires)
- [death studies](https://serious-science.org/themes/death-studies)
- [music](https://serious-science.org/themes/music)
- [Saturn](https://serious-science.org/themes/saturn)
- [algebra](https://serious-science.org/themes/algebra)
- [glaciology](https://serious-science.org/themes/glaciology)
- [glaciers](https://serious-science.org/themes/glaciers)
- [healthcare](https://serious-science.org/themes/healthcare)
- [altruism](https://serious-science.org/themes/altruism)
- [Earth](https://serious-science.org/themes/earth)
- [oceans](https://serious-science.org/themes/oceans)
- [deep learning](https://serious-science.org/themes/deep-learning)
- [Deep Learning project](https://serious-science.org/themes/deep-learning-project)
- [photochemistry](https://serious-science.org/themes/photochemistry)
- [universities](https://serious-science.org/themes/universities)
- [job market](https://serious-science.org/themes/job-market)
- [liberal arts education](https://serious-science.org/themes/liberal-arts-education)
- [Impact](https://serious-science.org/themes/impact)
- [zoonoses](https://serious-science.org/themes/zoonoses)
- [tomography](https://serious-science.org/themes/tomography)
- [immunodeficiency](https://serious-science.org/themes/immunodeficiency)
- [Deep Tech](https://serious-science.org/themes/deep-tech)
- [cybernetics](https://serious-science.org/themes/cybernetics)
- [privacy](https://serious-science.org/themes/privacy)
- [technology](https://serious-science.org/themes/technology)
- [atmosphere](https://serious-science.org/themes/atmosphere)
- [Featured](https://serious-science.org/themes/featured)
- [specials](https://serious-science.org/themes/specials)
- [industry](https://serious-science.org/themes/industry)
- [spacecraft](https://serious-science.org/themes/spacecraft)
- [future](https://serious-science.org/themes/future)
- [water purification](https://serious-science.org/themes/water-purification)
- [hydrogen economy](https://serious-science.org/themes/hydrogen-economy)
- [palladium](https://serious-science.org/themes/palladium)
- [platinum](https://serious-science.org/themes/platinum)
- [medicinal chemistry](https://serious-science.org/themes/medicinal-chemistry)
- [catalysis](https://serious-science.org/themes/catalysis)
- [electrolysis](https://serious-science.org/themes/electrolysis)
- [LOHC](https://serious-science.org/themes/lohc)

## Sponsors

- [British Council](https://serious-science.org/themes/sponsor/britishcouncil)
- [AstraZeneca](https://serious-science.org/themes/sponsor/astrazeneca)
- [MSD](https://serious-science.org/themes/sponsor/msd)
- [PostNauka](https://serious-science.org/themes/sponsor/postnauka)