When coronavirus first broke out, the Chinese government responded by quarantining journalists, citizens, and doctors who said “SARS is back”—or said anything at all about the pneumonia-like virus online. While the news could often be contained by Chinese censors in December 2019, by January 2020, the world knew that something like SARS had struck again.

Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor discusses how many famous neuroscientists became dualists based on observations they made during their work. Among them was Wilder Penfield who offered three reasons for his change of mind.

Computer engineer and philosopher Bernardo Kastrup has sparked considerable controversy lately by attacking a materialist view of consciousness. For example, recently he went on record as saying that consciousness can’t evolve in the way that an animal might evolve.

Physicist and science writer Sabine Hossenfelder is known for straightforward dissent from pop physics (way more fizz than facts). In an age of celebrity scientists, that contrast earns her a hearing among thoughtful people, whether they agree with her analysis or not.

On first inspection, I wasn’t sure of what to think of CBS’s new Star Trek series, Picard, I was mildly optimistic and especially intrigued at the potential of a thoroughly engaging plotline. I expected criticism from fans. It’s Star Trek after all, so anything short of perfection is unacceptable to the alternate universe’s fanbase.