general science

#1223 Sonia Contera: Six Problems That Science Cannot Solve

Mar 5, 2026

Dr. Sonia Contera is a Full Professor of Biological Physics at the University of Oxford. She works on physics at the interface of biology, nanotechnology, and information processing. She is an expert in atomic force microscopy of biological systems and has a special interest in the role of mechanics in biology. She is the author of the book "Nano comes to life: How nanotechnology is transforming medicine and the future of biology", and her new book is “Seis problemas que la ciencia no puede resolver” ("Six problems that science cannot solve"). More»
#1216 Laura Carroll: Childfree Choices, and How Pronatalism Promotes Disinformation and Misogyny

Feb 16, 2026

Laura Carroll is a nonfiction author, expert on the childfree choice and pronatalism, and a passionate reproductive rights and ethics advocate. She is the author of The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World. More»
#1215 Mauricio Suárez - Inference and Representation: A Study in Modeling Science

Feb 13, 2026

Dr. Mauricio Suárez is Full Professor (catedrático) in Logic and Philosophy of Science at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is also a life member at Clare Hall at Cambridge University. His main research interests lie in the philosophy of probability and causality, the history and philosophy of science (mainly physics, chemistry and biology), modeling and idealization, the aesthetics of scientific representation, and general epistemology and methodology of science. He is the author of Inference and Representation: A Study in Modeling Science. More»
#1212 Marina Dubova: The Cognitive Foundations of Science

Feb 6, 2026

Dr. Marina Dubova is an Omidyar postdoctoral fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. Her research aims to reveal and inform the cognitive mechanisms of discovery. She develops formal (e.g., computational models) and empirical methods (e.g., cognitive experiments with scientists) to put the foundations of scientific method to rigorous tests. She uses insights from cognitive science to learn how theories and data can be integrated and lead to better understandings of the world. More»
#1211 Coleen Murphy - How We Age: The Science of Longevity

Feb 5, 2026

Dr. Coleen Murphy is James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences, and Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University. She is the author of How We Age: The Science of Longevity. More»
#1203 Nicole Karlis: Your Brain on Altruism

Jan 16, 2026

Nicole Karlis is a health and science journalist. Her work has been published in Salon, The New York Times, Marie Claire, and The Bold Italic. She is the author of Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community during Times of Crisis. More»
#1187 Peter Turchin: The Collapse of Complex Societies, Elite Overproduction, and Social Unrest

Dec 11, 2025

Dr. Peter Turchin is Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut in the departments of ecology and evolutionary biology, anthropology, and mathematics. He is a project leader at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna and a research associate at the School of Anthropology at the University of Oxford. He is a complexity scientist who works in the field of historical social science that he and his colleagues call cliodynamics. He is the author of books like War and Peace and War, Ages of Discord, Ultrasociety, End Times, and The Great Holocene Transformation. More»
#1165 Aubrey de Grey: The Science of Aging and Longevity

Oct 20, 2025

Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist. He is the author of The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging (1999) and co-author of Ending Aging (2007). Dr. de Grey is known for his view that medical technology may enable human beings alive today not to die from age-related causes. As an amateur mathematician, he has contributed to the study of the Hadwiger–Nelson problem in geometric graph theory, making the first progress on the problem in over 60 years. More»
#1155 Adam Chandler - 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life

Sep 26, 2025

Adam Chandler is a journalist and author based in New York. A former staff writer at The Atlantic, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, WIRED, Vox, Slate, New York Magazine, Texas Monthly, Esquire, TIME, and elsewhere. He is the author of Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom; and 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life. More»
#1140 Will Storr: How to Use the Science of Storytelling to Lead, Motivate and Persuade

Aug 22, 2025

Will Storr is a British author, journalist and former photographer. He has been a contributing editor at Esquire and GQ Australia. He is the author of several books, including The Science of Storytelling, The Status Game, and A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of storytelling to lead, motivate and persuade. More»