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Lawrence Winkler is a physician, traveler, and natural philosopher. His molecules have morphed from medicine to manuscript. He lives with Robyn on Vancouver Island and in New Zealand, tending their gardens and vineyards, and dreams.
Not Such a Hero: The Tarnished Legend of Robin Hood
Insect Populations Suffering Death By 1,000 Cuts
‘Frightening’ global decline is ‘tearing apart tapestry of life’, with climate crisis a critical concern.
CES 2021 Highlights: 79 Gadgets and Glimpses Into the Future
The consumer electronics show was virtual this year, and the WIRED Gear crew watched all the Zooms to bring you this list of nearly 80 products, trends, musings, and photos.
Stanford Scientist Can Tell If You’re A Liberal
Norway Urgently Changes Covid Vaccine Guidance
Why We’re Not Doing Better on COVID Vaccines
Dostoevsky in Love by Alex Christofi Review – Unpredictable, Dangerous and Thrilling
His marriages were disastrous but his words were so rousing they made strangers embrace... a superb study of the Russian novelist.
Medical Brain is Google's Latest Attempt to Revolutionize Health Care
Google is working on a slew of AI tools that can predict symptoms and disease with a level of accuracy that is being met with hope as well as alarm (as will be dealt with in the final book of the Doctor Sababa series—The Last Casebook of Doctor Sababa).
Evolution’s Engineers
Organisms do not evolve blindly under forces beyond their control, but shape and influence the evolutionary environment itself.
The Problem of Now
The injunction to immerse yourself in the present might be psychologically potent, but is it metaphysically meaningful?
