I'm pleased to be bringing The Science of Shakespeare to western Canada! I'll be lecturing in Regina on March 6, and in Edmonton on March 9. Both events are free …
Featured Book: Colliding Worlds, by Arthur I. Miller. Over the last 50 years, the world of modern art has been completely transformed, Arthur I. Miller argues, because of the influence …
Featured Book: Consciousness and the Brain, by Stanislas Deheane. Stanislas Deheane tackles the problem of consciousness, and tells us how his own research is helping to explain how that three-and-a-half …
Featured Book: Our Mathematical Universe, by Max Tegmark. How many universes are there, anyway? Physicist Max Tegmark says there could be an infinite number of universes, and he argues the …
I'm pleased to announce the launch of a new podcast called BookLab, hosted by myself and science journalist Amanda Gefter. Our goal with BookLab is to put science books under …
It's one of the largest and most ambitious observatories ever conceived: The James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. I report for Quirks & Quarks on my …
Time appears to flow, and it does so in just one direction — but why? In a feature story for COSMOS Magazine, I describe a bold new model which suggests …
A group called the Nonhuman Rights Project is lobbying for “personhood” for chimpanzees and other high-functioning animals – but what are the philosophical implications? My report for The Philosopher’s Zone …
Did one of Shakespeare's final plays allude to the astronomical work of Galileo? I examine the question of Shakespeare and the stars in a report for the Australian radio program, …
A court in New York has ruled that Tommy, a chimpanzee, doesn't qualify as a legal "person" — but as I report for Discover magazine's blog, the legal wrangling, and …
