The Great Cosmological Debate of the Twentieth Century

The Great Cosmological Debate of the Twentieth Century

Paul Halpern on What It Took to Confirm the Big Bang Theory

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Meet the Real-Life Inspiration Behind “Mr. Toad”

Meet the Real-Life Inspiration Behind “Mr. Toad”

Tom Standage on the Emergence of the Automobile,
and the Headaches That Came With It

By Tom Standage | August 20, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Nightboat Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Nightboat Books

On Publishing Difficult-to-Classify Books

By Corinne Segal | August 20, 2021

Love Warriors: Women of Color Doulas in a Time of Crisis

Love Warriors: Women of Color Doulas in a Time of Crisis

Jennifer C. Nash on Birthwork as a Practice that Black Women Should Claim

By Jennifer C. Nash | August 20, 2021

Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Mansoor Adayfi on the Fifteen Years He Spent As Detainee #441

By Mansoor Adayfi | August 20, 2021

How (and Why) to Engage with Science Deniers

How (and Why) to Engage with Science Deniers

Lee McIntyre in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 20, 2021

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When the Dismissive Editor in Your Head Is Your Father

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Daniel Shapiro on Living Through a Spouse’s Terminal Illness

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Two members of PEN International have been murdered by the Taliban.

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Who should star in the new TV adaptation of <em>The English Patient</em>?

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Read an excerpt from a brand new biography of Octavia Butler.

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“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

Patrick Nathan on the Inability to Carry Meaning Forward
and Distinguish Truth

By Patrick Nathan | August 19, 2021

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