Jamiroquai: Automaton

Returning after a seven-year hiatus, Jamiroquai’s return will make you feel nostalgic, curious or both. For some, the band’s new single “Automaton” will be their first introduction to the British funk-pop band, but their sound in 2017 is just as energetic and groovy as ever. The disco-influenced tune is focused on AI, technology and space—all themes that are reflected in frontman Jay Kay’s light-up hat. …

Why We Owe Mary Tyler Moore

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted in September 1970 and was the USA’s first-ever show that focused on a single, independent, working woman. With all kinds of timely issues (which, sadly are still relevant today) addressed in the show—from equal pay to sex and sex work, homophobia and more—it was a hugely important show. As Willa Paskin says on Slate, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s …

A Biologist Explains How Animals Feel Pain

We, of course, cannot read animals’ minds (even our pets) but that doesn’t mean we can’t intuit some of the ways they feel pain. According to evolutionary biologist Robyn J. Crook in a recent TED-Ed video, humans have two kinds of reaction to pain. First, nerves sense pain, communicate it and cause a jerking reaction. Second, there is conscious recognition—this is what we associate with …