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Bad Seeds and Mad Scientists: On the Build-A-Humans of 19th-Century Literature

Bad Seeds and Mad Scientists: On the Build-A-Humans of 19th-Century Literature

Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Her Fascination With Creation Gone Awry

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | July 19, 2022

Rebecca Giggs Explains How Very Small Beings Are Often Responsible For Vast Surges of Life

Rebecca Giggs Explains How Very Small Beings Are Often Responsible For Vast Surges of Life

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 19, 2022

Searching For a Lost Medieval City Somewhere in Wales

Searching For a Lost Medieval City Somewhere in Wales

A Lay-Archaeologist, Pissed-Off Professionals, and Some Farmland Near the Forest of Dean

By Matthew Green | July 18, 2022

Do We Need a Science Party to Confront Existential Problems Like Global Warming?

Do We Need a Science Party to Confront Existential Problems Like Global Warming?

Salem H. Ali in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 18, 2022

Why We Can’t Escape Social Class, Gender, or Culture When We Dream

Why We Can’t Escape Social Class, Gender, or Culture When We Dream

Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 13, 2022

Ed Yong on How Animals Help Humans Develop Empathy

Ed Yong on How Animals Help Humans Develop Empathy

The Author of An Immense World in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 11, 2022

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How a Scientist’s Dire Climate Warning Was Left Unheeded

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Why One of the 20th Century’s Most Important Thinkers Remains So Relevant in the 21st Century

By Keen On | July 5, 2022

How to Feed the World Without Devouring the Planet

How to Feed the World Without Devouring the Planet

George Monbiot in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 5, 2022

Can Big Tech Be Reformed to Make It More Ethically Responsible In Its Development of Artificial Intelligence?

Can Big Tech Be Reformed to Make It More Ethically Responsible In Its Development of Artificial Intelligence?

Margaret Mitchell in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 1, 2022

Nope, Not a Trend: On the Modern Origins and Evolution of Bisexual Identity

Nope, Not a Trend: On the Modern Origins and Evolution of Bisexual Identity

Julia Shaw Considers the Skepticism, Panic, and Growing Accessibility of Being Bi

By Julia Shaw | June 29, 2022

Courage, Wilderness, Self, and Other: A Reading List of Exploration

Courage, Wilderness, Self, and Other: A Reading List of Exploration

Lindy Elkins-Tanton on the Books That Inspired Her Journeys

By Lindy Elkins-Tanton | June 28, 2022

Do Birds Dream About Their Own Birdsong?

Do Birds Dream About Their Own Birdsong?

David M. Peña-Guzmán on Animal Consciousnesss

By David M. Peña-Guzmán | June 23, 2022

Can Digital Technology Really Deliver More Human Empathy?

Can Digital Technology Really Deliver More Human Empathy?

Dr. Natalie Petouhoff in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 23, 2022

How Myth and Poetry Helped Us Unlock the Mysteries of Photosynthesis

How Myth and Poetry Helped Us Unlock the Mysteries of Photosynthesis

Raffael Jovine on Plants and Scientific History

By Raffael Jovine | June 22, 2022

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