How Statistics Can Validate Our Beliefs... or Trick Us

How Statistics Can Validate Our Beliefs... or Trick Us

Tim Harford on Numerical Manipulation and the Importance of Honest Data

By Tim Harford | March 2, 2021

The Unavoidable Villainy of Being an Organic Farmer

The Unavoidable Villainy of Being an Organic Farmer

Julie Carrick Dalton on Being the Mr. McGregor of Her Garden’s Story

By Julie Carrick Dalton | March 1, 2021

On the Erudite Chaos of Tom Stoppard's Most Complex Play

On the Erudite Chaos of Tom Stoppard's Most Complex Play

Hermione Lee Considers the Algorithmic Genius of Arcadia

By Hermione Lee | February 24, 2021

How Genetic Sequencing Exonerated an Olympian Accused of Doping

How Genetic Sequencing Exonerated an Olympian Accused of Doping

Euan Angus Ashley on the Greatest Performance Enhancement of All: Genetic Advantage

By Euan Angus Ashley | February 24, 2021

The Dangers of Brain Science Overdetermining Legal Outcomes

The Dangers of Brain Science Overdetermining Legal Outcomes

Jed S. Rakoff on Eugenics, Lobotomy, and Psychoanalysis

By Jed S. Rakoff | February 23, 2021

All the memes in Patricia Lockwood’s <em> No One Is Talking About This,</em> explained.

All the memes in Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This, explained.

By Walker Caplan | February 22, 2021

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Alan Lightman on the Artfulness of the Cosmos

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | February 18, 2021

When Marie Curie Was Almost Excluded From Winning the Nobel Prize

When Marie Curie Was Almost Excluded From Winning the Nobel Prize

Liz Heinecke on the Curies' Rise to Fame and Their Ongoing Battle with Misogyny

By Liz Heinecke | February 18, 2021

Why We Need to Consider That COVID-19 Might Have Escaped from a Lab

Why We Need to Consider That COVID-19 Might Have Escaped from a Lab

Nicholson Baker in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
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I Rethink, Therefore I Am: On the Importance of Second Opinions

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Adam Grant: “Outdated facts are mental fossils that are best abandoned.”

By Adam Grant | February 16, 2021

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

What Is It Like to Be a Black Woman in the Tech Industry?

What Is It Like to Be a Black Woman in the Tech Industry?

LaTeesha Thomas Offers Chad Sanders an Insider's Perspective

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Hurricanes, Cephalopods, and Human Ingenuity: Your Climate Readings for February

Hurricanes, Cephalopods, and Human Ingenuity: Your Climate Readings for February

Amy Brady Recommends Five Books for Waking Up to Reality

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