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How a History of Two Pet Chameleons Made a Case for the Animal Soul

How a History of Two Pet Chameleons Made a Case for the Animal Soul

On Madeleine de Scudéry’s History of “The Most Beautiful Animal in the World”

By Peter Sahlins | October 6, 2017

Is the Rust Belt Ruined or in a Renaissance? And Who Gets to Say?

Is the Rust Belt Ruined or in a Renaissance? And Who Gets to Say?

How Belt is Giving Midwesterners a Chance to Tell Their Own Stories

By Amanda Arnold | September 28, 2017

How New Orleans Became the Paris of the Mississippi

How New Orleans Became the Paris of the Mississippi

A Cultural Magnet and Melting Pot, From the 1920s to Today

By Peter J. Marina | September 28, 2017

The Paradox of a Hurricane: Death and Love Its Wake

The Paradox of a Hurricane: Death and Love Its Wake

Gabrielle Bellot Wonders From Afar About the Fate of Her Parents

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 26, 2017

Riding Out Hurricane Irma with a 900-Page Book

Riding Out Hurricane Irma with a 900-Page Book

Or: How to Survive a Clusterfuck of Hurricanes

By Lorraine Berry | September 26, 2017

Why Send Whale Song Into Space?

Why Send Whale Song Into Space?

On Carl Sagan, Humpback Whales, and Alien Intelligences

By Margret Grebowicz | September 15, 2017

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The Divinity of Dog Writing

By Nathan Goldman | September 12, 2017

So, Can We Actually Predict Earthquakes?

By Kathryn Miles | August 31, 2017

An Ode to the Sun by Karl Ove Knausgaard

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | August 22, 2017

Revisiting the Fieldnotes from Our Time with the Saamaka

Revisiting the Fieldnotes from Our Time with the Saamaka

Looking Back at an Ethnographic Experience, 50 Years Later

By Richard Price and Sally Price | August 4, 2017

The Problem With Writing About Florida

The Problem With Writing About Florida

"This Isn't Your Place to Write About. It's Barely Mine."

By Kristen Arnett | June 28, 2017

It Costs $55 to Learn How to Bend a Spoon with Your Mind

It Costs $55 to Learn How to Bend a Spoon with Your Mind

Daryl Gregory Visits the World of Alternative Energy

By Daryl Gregory | June 27, 2017

When the Hometown You Wrote About Is Changed Forever By Disaster

When the Hometown You Wrote About Is Changed Forever By Disaster

Scott Gould Wonders If the Floodwaters Will Ever Recede

By Scott Gould | May 30, 2017

How to Make Peace with the Void Through Birdwatching

How to Make Peace with the Void Through Birdwatching

"It was a relief to be back with the bird-loving weirdos"

By Kyo Maclear | May 24, 2017

How Mozart Changed My Mind About America's Most Hated Bird

How Mozart Changed My Mind About America's Most Hated Bird

Lyanda Lynn Haupt on the Starling

By Lyanda Lynn Haupt | May 5, 2017

Can Trees Save the World After We're Gone?

Can Trees Save the World After We're Gone?

Matthew Battles on the Earth's Ancient Guardians

By Matthew Battles | March 14, 2017

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