T he history of modernity is a story about humans emancipating themselves from prejudice and superstition through reason and science. Scientific research has been a major driving force of progress for human civilization since the industrial revolution in the mid-18 century. During the past 250 years, humans have rapidly increased their use of science, as a tool not only to understand and shape ...

Communicating physiology to the general public and popularizing science can be tremendously rewarding activities. Providing relevant and compelling points of linkage, however, between the scientific experiences and the interests of the general public can be challenging. One avenue for popularizing science is to link scientific concepts to images, personalities, and icons in popular culture. Cur...

In popular books about science these days, big theories about Big Questions are everywhere. A scan through the science shelves of your local bookshop will produce titles such as “The Origins of Order”, “Dreams of a Final Theory”, “Consciousness Explained”, and many more, describing unifying theories about elementary particles, evolution, life, mind, and culture. Is the time now ripe for the div...