Literary Hub » Science

Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

Linda Geddes on the Science of Rest

By Linda Geddes | October 9, 2019

What Are the Actual Chances of Being Buried Alive?

What Are the Actual Chances of Being Buried Alive?

Caitlin Doughty Has Your Important Facts For Surviving Daily Life

By Caitlin Doughty | October 9, 2019

The Crisis Beneath Our Feet: <br>On the Destruction of Soil

The Crisis Beneath Our Feet:
On the Destruction of Soil

Isabella Tree on Rewilding the Land

By Isabella Tree | October 3, 2019

Can Fiction Introduce Empathy Into AI? Do We Want It To?

Can Fiction Introduce Empathy Into AI? Do We Want It To?

Flynn Coleman on the Potential for Ethical Technology

By Flynn Coleman | October 3, 2019

Jeanette Winterson and Mark O'Connell on the Future of Humanity in a Tech-Dominated World

Jeanette Winterson and Mark O'Connell on the Future of Humanity in a Tech-Dominated World

"One day, maybe, a body will be like a costume, put it on, take it off."

By Literary Hub | October 1, 2019

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Christopher Ryan on the Transition from Hunter-Gather Societies to So-Called Civilization

By Christopher Ryan | October 1, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

If You Existed in Multiple Universes, How Would You Act In This One?

By Sean Carroll | September 23, 2019

The Octopus: An Alien Among Us

By Michael S. A. Graziano | September 23, 2019

Animals Are Basically... Millennials?

By Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers | September 20, 2019

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

On Jean-Martin Charcot, Dark Star of 19th-Century Neurology

By Allan H. Ropper and Brian Burrell | September 20, 2019

Vanishing Bees Should Not Be the New Normal

Vanishing Bees Should Not Be the New Normal

"The time to take action is now."

By Brigit Strawbridge Howard | September 20, 2019

Can Humans Read Animals' Minds?

Can Humans Read Animals' Minds?

Lars Svendsen on the Philosophical Problem of "Pet" Consciousness

By Lars Svendsen | September 19, 2019

What Would Happen If the World Lost the Internet?

What Would Happen If the World Lost the Internet?

Mike Pearl on the Unnerving Depth of Our Digital Dependence

By Mike Pearl | September 18, 2019

Searching for Women's Voices in the Harshest Landscape on Earth

Searching for Women's Voices in the Harshest Landscape on Earth

Elizabeth Rush on Antarctica, the "Last Male Sanctuary."

By Elizabeth Rush | September 16, 2019

Will It Ever Be Ethical for Athletes to Edit Their Genes?

Will It Ever Be Ethical for Athletes to Edit Their Genes?

Françoise Baylis on the Problematic New Science of
"Building Better Humans"

By Françoise Baylis | September 16, 2019

How Can You Know What Your Dog <br>is Really Feeling?

How Can You Know What Your Dog
is Really Feeling?

Depressed, Confused, Excited, Surprised... and We're Not Listening

By Alexandra Horowitz | September 12, 2019

« First ‹ Previous 48 49 50 515253 54 55 56 Next ›Last »

Page 52 of 61