Einstein called the flow of time “a stubbornly persistent illusion” – but physicist Lee Smolin says it’s very real, and needs to be explained. I review his latest book, Time …
I’m delighted to have been selected to participate in TEDxNovaScotia. My talk will explore the connections between science, art, and literature during the Renaissance, and will take place in my …
I'm thrilled to be acting as moderator for "Science at the Movies," a series of three science-themed films, with expert panelists, coming to the Bloor HotDocs Cinema in Toronto. The …
Physics books — Neil Turok's The Universe Within is the latest — sell like hot cakes, even though we struggle to understand their content. Are we hoping to find more …
How do we know right from wrong? For centuries, religion and philosophy tried to provide answers. Now psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology are weighing in. Part One of my documentary, …
Could the Internet become conscious? In my first article for Slate / FutureTense, I speak with Christof Koch, Robert J. Sawyer, Daniel Dennett, and Sean Carroll about what, if anything, …
One of my images from Easter Island, showing star trails above a row of "moai" statues, has been selected for the cover of the 2013 Observer's Handbook, published by the …
This summer, a computer program almost passed the "Turing test." But are thinking machines really on the horizon? In this feature article in the British newspaper The Telegraph, I explore …
