• Science

    Addiction

    One Pill for All the Pain: On the Devastating Consequences of the Nationwide Opioid Epidemic

    By Sam Quinones  November 3, 2021
    The Hub

    An index of over 107 million research papers has been released online for free.

    By Walker Caplan  November 1, 2021
    Open Source

    “Nature’s Own Repair Kit.” On the CRISPR Challenge

    By Open Source  October 29, 2021
    Keen On

    Jonathan Reisman on the Secrets of the Human Body

    By Keen On  October 29, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here are October’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

    By Book Marks  October 28, 2021
    Anger

    On Channeling the Rage of Audre Lorde to Combat Racial Injustice

    By Myisha Cherry  October 28, 2021
    Keen On

    Brendan Borrell on the Inside Story of Operation Warp Speed

    By Keen On  October 28, 2021
    Smells

    A Scientific Explanation for Your Urge to Sniff Old Books

    By Jude Stewart  October 27, 2021
    Consciousness

    How Do We Make Sense of the Meaning of Consciousness?

    By Antonio Damasio  October 27, 2021
    Technology

    On the Intellectual Property Battle Behind the COVID-19 Vaccine

    By Brendan Borrell  October 26, 2021
    Memory

    How to Memorize the Un-Memorizable

    By Marcus du Sautoy  October 22, 2021
    Nature

    The Resilience of Nature Gives Jane Goodall Hope

    By Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams  October 21, 2021
    Crime

    Politicians Love Punishment—But Does It Actually Reduce Crime?

    By Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine  October 21, 2021
    Water

    The Unsettling Sea: On Rationalizing the Drowning of the World We Inhabit

    By Patrick Nunn  October 20, 2021
    Neuroscience

    On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

    By Louise Fein  October 18, 2021
    AI

    “More Life Into a Time Without Boundaries.” Jeanette Winterson Considers the Bigger Picture of AI

    By Jeanette Winterson  October 14, 2021
    Keen On

    Robbie Bach on the Concept of “Venture Terrorism”

    By Keen On  October 14, 2021
    Keen On

    Parag Khanna on Humanity’s Ever-Changing Map

    By Keen On  October 13, 2021
    Keen On

    Kyle Harper on the Global History of Infectious Disease

    By Keen On  October 12, 2021
    First Draft

    “Thinking Outside the Brain.” Annie Murphy Paul Discusses Her New Book

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 12, 2021
    Genetics

    Why Did It Take Scientists So Long to Fully Understand Genetics and Mendel’s Laws?

    By Howard Markel  October 8, 2021
    Social Science

    Disgust: On the Uses and Abuses of the Most Difficult Emotion

    By Stephanie Grant  October 7, 2021
    Aliens?

    On Ancient Aliens, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and the Unhinged Pleasures of Speculative Nonfiction

    By Patrick Allington  October 6, 2021
    The Hub

    The best kind of library is a koala library.

    By Walker Caplan  October 1, 2021
    Keen On

    Kinari Webb on Her Quest to Heal the World

    By Keen On  October 1, 2021
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