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Language, Loss and Nostalgia: On Growing Old As a Learning Experience

Language, Loss and Nostalgia: On Growing Old As a Learning Experience

Julie Sedivy Asks Us to Reconsider Our Ideas About Aging and Memory

By Julie Sedivy | October 16, 2024

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

Debra Nystrom on the Power of Personal Story Alongside Objective Study

By Debra Nystrom | October 9, 2024

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

John MacNeill Miller on Harriet Martineau’s Prescient Vision of Humanity

By John MacNeill Miller | September 25, 2024

Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

Vanessa Chakour Considers the Essential Role of These Much-Maligned Flying Mammals

By Vanessa Chakour | September 24, 2024

Earth is about to get a second moon... but what will it mean for the lit world?

Earth is about to get a second moon... but what will it mean for the lit world?

By James Folta | September 23, 2024

Humanity’s Strangest Language: On the Joys of Translating Math

Humanity’s Strangest Language: On the Joys of Translating Math

Ben Orlin Considers New Ways to Think About—and Have Fun With—Numbers, Variables and Equations

By Ben Orlin | September 5, 2024

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What Greenland’s Melting Ice Tells Us About the History and Future of Global Warming

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Aliens, or Angels? On the Similarities Between UFO Encounters and Religious Experiences

Aliens, or Angels? On the Similarities Between UFO Encounters and Religious Experiences

Luis Elizondo Digs into Biblical Stories, Government Secrecy, and the Difficulties of Studying UAP

By Luis Elizondo | August 20, 2024

Elon Musk is Sending His Garbage Into Space (with All the Other Trash)

Elon Musk is Sending His Garbage Into Space (with All the Other Trash)

Iris Gottlieb Warns Us Against Treating the Galaxy Like a Trash Can

By Iris Gottlieb | August 19, 2024

Venturing Inside the Mouth of the Tiny-But-Mighty Shrew

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Bill Schutt Considers the Perfect Cheesy Horror Movie Creature

By Bill Schutt | August 16, 2024

The Moment When a Brain Surgeon Sees the Most Terrifying Diagnosis in Medicine

The Moment When a Brain Surgeon Sees the Most Terrifying Diagnosis in Medicine

Theodore H. Schwartz Shares the Story of a Patient with GBM, the Supervillain of Malignant Tumors

By Theodore H. Schwartz | August 14, 2024

Do Dolphins Give Each Other... Names?

Do Dolphins Give Each Other... Names?

Arik Kershenbaum on What It Means When Dolphins Whistle To Each Other

By Arik Kershenbaum | August 9, 2024

Giants’ Bones? Fossilized Testicles? How Humans Reacted to the Discovery of Dinosaurs

Giants’ Bones? Fossilized Testicles? How Humans Reacted to the Discovery of Dinosaurs

Edward Dolnick on Rigorous Yet Humorously Misguided Scientific Inquiry in the 17th and 18th Centuries

By Edward Dolnick | August 8, 2024

Why Methane Removal Might Be Our Best Bet to Stop Rising Global Temperatures

Why Methane Removal Might Be Our Best Bet to Stop Rising Global Temperatures

Rob Jackson Suggests Ways Businesses, Scientists and Governments Can Work Together to Clean the Atmosphere

By Rob Jackson | August 5, 2024

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