From Pandemics to Nuclear Power: Why People Why People Take the Risks They Do

From Pandemics to Nuclear Power: Why People Why People Take the Risks They Do

Vaclav Smil on the Strange Choices We Make

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Carlo Rovelli on How Literary Greats Find Inspiration in Scientific Rationality

Carlo Rovelli on How Literary Greats Find Inspiration in Scientific Rationality

Considering the Intersections of Literature and Science

By Carlo Rovelli | May 10, 2022

Revisiting the Infamous Hill Case in an Era of (More) UFO News and Government Secrets

Revisiting the Infamous Hill Case in an Era of (More) UFO News and Government Secrets

Nick Ripatrazone on the Reissue of John G. Fuller's The Interrupted Journey

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 10, 2022

What William Blake Might Tell Us About Our Transhuman Future

What William Blake Might Tell Us About Our Transhuman Future

John Higgs in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 4, 2022

How to Nurture the Philosopher in All Our Kids

How to Nurture the Philosopher in All Our Kids

Scott Hershovitz in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 4, 2022

What Animals Can Show Us About More Meaningfully Encountering the Wider World

What Animals Can Show Us About More Meaningfully Encountering the Wider World

Sy Montgomery on the Lessons of the Natural World

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Riley Black on the Causes and Consequences of the Great Extinction

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Why This Era of Global Change Demands New Language

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Audrey Schulman on the Limits of Scientific Terminology

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Has Our Thinking About Regret Been All Wrong?

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Should We Relish a “Post-Human” Future in Which We Will Be Able to Fully Empathize with the Natural World?

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Steven Kotler in Conversation With Andrew Keen

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On the Romance and Wonder of Victorian Science

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Nicole Yunger Halpern in Praise of an Expansive, Fantastical Approach to Knowledge

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How a Group of Concerned Citizens Sued the Government For Poisoning Them

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Elena Conis on The Origins of the Fight Against DDT

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