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The Struggle to Define Wilderness: On Encountering John Muir in Bear Country

The Struggle to Define Wilderness: On Encountering John Muir in Bear Country

Bjorn Dihle: “The locals weren’t sure what to make of Muir when he confessed he had no interest in gold.”

By Bjorn Dihle | February 18, 2021

Alan Lightman on the Artfulness of the Cosmos

Alan Lightman on the Artfulness of the Cosmos

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | February 18, 2021

When Marie Curie Was Almost Excluded From Winning the Nobel Prize

When Marie Curie Was Almost Excluded From Winning the Nobel Prize

Liz Heinecke on the Curies' Rise to Fame and Their Ongoing Battle with Misogyny

By Liz Heinecke | February 18, 2021

Why We Need to Consider That COVID-19 Might Have Escaped from a Lab

Why We Need to Consider That COVID-19 Might Have Escaped from a Lab

Nicholson Baker in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 17, 2021

I Rethink, Therefore I Am: On the Importance of Second Opinions

I Rethink, Therefore I Am: On the Importance of Second Opinions

Adam Grant: “Outdated facts are mental fossils that are best abandoned.”

By Adam Grant | February 16, 2021

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

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What Is It Like to Be a Black Woman in the Tech Industry?

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Hurricanes, Cephalopods, and Human Ingenuity: Your Climate Readings for February

By Amy Brady | February 4, 2021

Giving Answers, But No Cure, to People with Chronic Pain

By Dr. Abdul-Ghaaliq Lalkhen | February 4, 2021

‘You’re on Your Own’: How to Write About an American Crisis

‘You’re on Your Own’: How to Write About an American Crisis

David Hardin on Telling the Story of Flint, Michigan

By David Hardin | February 3, 2021

Considering the Silence of Teenage Boys in the Wake of My Son’s Traumatic Injury

Considering the Silence of Teenage Boys in the Wake of My Son’s Traumatic Injury

Susan Conley on Stoicism, Recovery, and Trust

By Susan Conley | February 2, 2021

Mark Bittman: We Need an Agroecological Revolution

Mark Bittman: We Need an Agroecological Revolution

Towards a Sustainable and Equitable System of
Global Food Production

By Mark Bittman | February 1, 2021

What Do Michael Jordan and the Dalai Lama Have in Common?

What Do Michael Jordan and the Dalai Lama Have in Common?

Edward Brodkin and Ashley Pallathra on Relaxed Awareness

By Edward Brodkin and Ashley Pallathra | January 28, 2021

An Astrophysicist’s Detective Story: On That Giant Space Object That Passed Through the Solar System

An Astrophysicist’s Detective Story: On That Giant Space Object That Passed Through the Solar System

Avi Loeb Considers the Greatest Scientific Anomaly of Our Age

By Avi Loeb | January 26, 2021

From the Golden Age to... Roombas: 8 Essential Books About Artificial Intelligence

From the Golden Age to... Roombas: 8 Essential Books About Artificial Intelligence

Michael Wooldridge Helps Us Prepare for Our Robert Overlords

By Michael Wooldridge | January 25, 2021

On the Long, Baseless History of Anti-Vaccination Movements

On the Long, Baseless History of Anti-Vaccination Movements

And How Doctors Have Enabled Anti-Vaxxers

By Charles Kenny | January 22, 2021

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