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19 June 2023

I have always loved learning things. Hearing about a new topic evokes in me a profound feeling of awe: I imagine the intricate beauty that would reveal itsel...

Discovering weird new shapes, turning oil rigs into reefs and making the ocean absorb more greenhouse gases

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Can a single idea change the world?

Curiosity is complex. Having thought about it quite a bit, I've arrived at two laws which I think (sort of) explain how it works. Read on!

It features experts like David Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson, and more.

Image shows 'some of the most clearly visible images of sun rays we've ever seen on Mars'

Imagine that I, in full view of live television cameras, raised my hands and chanted abracadabra and caused a brilliant light to be born, flaring in empty space beyond my outstretched hands. Imagine…

Ten years ago, NASA successfully landed its fourth robot on Mars: the Curiosity rover. It has driven only 18 miles, but what a ride it has been. Michelle Miller has more.

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago's independent and underground film scene has to offer.

In "The Miraculous from the Material," MIT professor of the practice Alan Lightman offers 35 essays about scientific understanding, each corresponding to photos of spectacular natural phenomena, from spider webs to sunsets and from galaxies to hummingbirds.

Hint: there is no magic word

After escaping the Nazis and surviving internment camps, Josef Eisinger, PhD '51, went on to an impressive scientific career—and, perhaps just as important, a joyful life.

Whether it's architecture or birds, the more you learn, the better your writing will be.

A painter looks at her work of art and asks herself, "I'm not sure how good it is. Should I ask my colleagues? Or should I ask my computer?" The latter question, as absurd as it may seem, is not so out of the norm to some. Given the growing power of artificial intelligence (AI) to harness more human-like tendencies and behaviors, we might ask ourselves how a computer or machine could engage in curious or…

How are you curious?

F3 to click, the weekend is going to be key. Having an additional Monday holiday, we will know whether this film will generate good numbers or not.