A conversation with neuroscientist and author Antonio Damasio about intelligence, feelings, and robots

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This reading list takes you to the stars

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The most carefully packed embryo of all the vertebrates

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There’s a lot of role reversal happening here

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You’re going to want to pick up the pace

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Sneaking past the sound barrier

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It’s a rare plant with an “enigmatic and devil-like essence”

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Sex reversal may not be an evolutionary dead end after all

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Are computers in mathematics rewriting the definitions of stupid and smart?

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Not every ant is a good samaritan

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Cosmic lesbian necromancers, cyberpunk Canterbury Tales, and so much more

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The past, present, and future of this brilliant display

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It can discourage patients from pursuing treatment

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The crater could measure 100 feet in diameter

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Tiny antenna-like cell appendages play an outsized role

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And you thought you were done with the three Rs

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Deep dreaming may be more in tune with the body than we thought

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An unexpected way to go for a star 20 times the size of our sun

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Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is off to a fantastic start

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