Opinion

The case for youth and diversity in science.

The case for youth and diversity in science.

The most valuable resource a society can hope to import, collect, and sustain is not oil, gold, or diamonds but the brain of a young scientist. Policymakers who forget this should revisit the fable of the hen that laid golden eggs. If the hen is killed, no more golden eggs.

Taking the bait on social media

Taking the bait on social media

The Internet is packed with content aimed at grabbing your attention, because attention is the internet’s currency. You may have noticed that posts that provoke negative reactions often generate a lot of engagement on social media. I try to figure out why.

The future of the mind

The future of the mind

What are the promises and risks of digitalization for our brains? To answer this question, The Future of the Mind symposium at the Donders Institute explored the intersection of behavioral and neuroscience, artificial intelligence, ethics, economy, philosophy, and law.

Your brain is a time machine

Your brain is a time machine

On the surface level, we all seem to have a common-sense notion of what time is, the flow of time seems natural to us, and we seem to swim in it. But when you consider what modern physics has understood about time, it is like holding a snowflake. Gradually, as you study it, it melts between your fingers and vanishes.