Rock climber Alex Honnold burst onto the scene a few years ago with some breathtaking solo climbs in Zion and Yosemite, and he’s pushed the limits for what climbers thought possible.More
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2016 marked the 100th anniversary of America’s beloved National Park system. I could think of no one better to reflect on the importance...More
Neuroscientist John Krakauer blasts the “dumb jock” stereotype with research on the cognitive brilliance of athletes.More
So you’re a serious runner? Consider the Self-Transcendence Race, running around the same half-mile loop for 3,100 miles.More
How Ethan Smith overcame OCD and a crippling fear of self harm.More
Science writer Sharon Begley on how anxiety drives modern day compulsions.More
Writer and producer Damon Krukowski explains why we must take care in eschewing analog imperfection in pursuit of more perfect digital sound.More
Psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett runs a lab where she studies emotions and says that if you pay attention, everyday anger can be a source of wisdom.More
Siri Hustvedt on developing voices on new platforms, all while coping with old-fashioned sexism. More
Facing the costs to being a victim of online harassment, where’s the law when you need it?More
Can psychedelics help you find God? Clinical psychologist Bill Richards thinks so. More
Psychedelic drugs show remarkable promise for treating addiction and end-of-life anxiety.More
Katherine MacLean describes her work as a skilled guide to a psychedelic trip. More
Doug Eck directs Google’s new “Magenta” project, an experiment in teaching machines to make art, leveraging advances in machine learning like neural networks to enable computers to do things like compose music.More
As an acquisitions editor for Penguin Books, Jodie Archer saw many novelists struggling to write books that would sell. Then she went to grad school at Stanford, where she and her advisor created an algorithm to help.More
When a computer program fixes a writer’s novel, or improvises a few bars of music, is that real creativity? Are they not just doing what they were programmed to do? Blaise Agüera y Arcas would wholeheartedly disagree.More
Maybe time has its origins in grief and longing for people we've lost. That idea certainly resonates with theoretical physicist Ron Mallett. He's spent a lot of his career studying time — which he traces back to the tragedy that marked his childhood.More
"Disgustologist" Valerie Curtis talks about a powerful driver of human emotion.More