Max Planck

Why most scientists don’t want us to believe in life on Mars

1 August 2026 9:00 am

All institutional incentives impel towards overcaution, says Steven Benner, so it’s safer to insist that there’s no life than to suggest there is and be proved wrong

Business is the only area of human activity where you get paid to change your mind

14 September 2019 9:00 am

In 1891, a 29-year-old man moved from Philadelphia to Chicago intending to start a business. With $32 to his name,…