Worm Munch Matters
by Ella Browning
If you bury a microphone in the ground, what does healthy soil sound like?
0:00 / 21:10 · Narrator Sulafat
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2026-08-19
Today's Crosscut
Ai and Biology
While automated labs treat algorithms as a factory tool to design new drugs, the rise of thinking machines is forcing neuroscientists to hunt for the physical roots of human consciousness.
The Tantalizing Possibility of Locating Consciousness in the Brain × Artificial Intelligence Boosts Automated Biolabs
0:00 / 36:02 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
AI & Drones: Eric Schmidt on the Biggest Revolution in the History of Warfare
by Eric Schmidt
When robots are sent into battle first, what happens to the humans left watching the screens?
0:00 / 11:11 · Narrator Charon
Behind the news →
The Court That Removed Its Own Prosecutor
by Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik
How does a court that judges the world go about removing its own top prosecutor?
0:00 / 14:18 · Narrator Rasalgethi
For the curious →
What Draws Well-meaning Parents to Authoritarian Parenting?
by Hope Bastine
When does preparing a child for the world turn into erasing who they are?
0:00 / 14:56 · Narrator Gacrux
What Do Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems Truly Mean?
by Natalie Wolchover
How can something be mathematically true if no set of rules can ever prove it?
0:00 / 17:49 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Smart escape →
Spidey’s Sense for Success
by David Sims
If people are tired of superheroes, why does a teenager in a spider suit keep breaking records?
0:00 / 6:53 · Narrator Sulafat