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This was a fascinating conversation between Alex Hutchinson and richroll For a science nerd, the discussion on how exploration shapes our brain is fascinating. And something I think a lot about in a world filled with distraction. richroll.com/podcast/alex-h…

In The Explorer's Gene, I write about the difference between "random" and "uncertainty-directed" exploration. Turns out the bride-to-be who drank 7 beers then came third at the Brighton Marathon while hung over and dressed as a hen is a fan of the former. bbc.com/news/articles/…

The carb-vs-fat debate won’t end in tweets—so let’s test it in the field. Join the #FIELDstudy (Fueling Influence on Endurance Load & Development). 15-min survey + your training/racing data = real-world evidence. 👉 athletica.ai/field-study/ #SportsScience30 Tim Noakes

Thanks for the kind words, Dan Peterson!

This was an amazing night - big thanks for organizing, Alex & Books 📚 and Jonathan Goodman 🇨🇦! New friends made, perspectives shared, exciting ideas to try... but I will be forever haunted by our collective failure to properly pace ourselves for a four-course meal!

Really appreciate the kind words, Dave! And what a perfect setting for it - looks beautiful.

"I call it the explorer's paradox. When you're back in civilization, you want to be out there wherever your wilderness happens to be; and then when you're in your wilderness, it's like, wow, I need to be back with my family." Alex Hutchinson arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/…

So true! (And really interesting article. Being 70 in space is amazing.)

“Sometime around 1807, he noticed that the chopped-up muscles of dead deer contained lactic acid, a substance that had only recently been discovered in soured milk. Crucially, the muscles of stags that had been hunted to death contained higher levels of lactic acid…”

Reminder: I'll be at Tracksmith Trackhouse Brooklyn tomorrow (Thu May 1) for a run, talk/Q&A, and book signing, starting at 6pm! And update: I unfortunately can't make it to the Sunday morning run on May 4 after all.

I sent a list of questions about Faith Kipyegon’s sub-4:00 attempt to Alex Hutchinson Steve Magness Shalaya Kipp Ross Tucker and Wouter Hoogkamer and thoroughly enjoyed their answers: frontofficesports.com/nike-wants-to-…

Join Alex Hutchinson (Alex Hutchinson), author of #TheExplorersGene, on May 14 @ 7pm ET for a Canadian Geographic talk on the neuroscience of why we explore. Learn more: bit.ly/4lYrvZ1