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Defeating Death: On the Motivations and Methods of People Who Want to Live Forever

Defeating Death: On the Motivations and Methods of People Who Want to Live Forever

Amy Larocca Explores Some of the Most Extreme Manifestations of Contemporary Wellness Culture

By Amy Larocca | May 14, 2025

On the Very Real Dangers of the Artificial Intelligence Hype Machine

On the Very Real Dangers of the Artificial Intelligence Hype Machine

Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna Explore AI History, the Cold War, and a Fatally Overhyped Idea

By Literary Hub | May 13, 2025

On Science, Ancient Philosophy, and Re-Enchanting Nature

On Science, Ancient Philosophy, and Re-Enchanting Nature

M.D. Usher Takes Stock of Anthropocentric Ideas in the Anthropocene

By M.D. Usher | May 13, 2025

Mushroom Cloud Over Manhattan: What Would Happen in the First Few Hours of Nuclear War

Mushroom Cloud Over Manhattan: What Would Happen in the First Few Hours of Nuclear War

Mark Lynas Looks at a Worst-Case Scenario—and How to Prevent it From Becoming a Reality

By Mark Lynas | May 12, 2025

It’s the Most Important Muscle in Your Body and You Don’t Even Know What It’s Called

It’s the Most Important Muscle in Your Body and You Don’t Even Know What It’s Called

Henry Abbott on the Essential Anatomical Role Played By the Enigmatic Psoas

By Henry Abbott | May 7, 2025

Ornament, Etiquette, Identity, Food: A Personal History of the Orange

Ornament, Etiquette, Identity, Food: A Personal History of the Orange

Katie Goh Ponders Citrus in Art and Life

By Katie Goh | May 7, 2025

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By Brittany Allen | May 5, 2025

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By Literary Hub | May 2, 2025

How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

By Thomas Levenson | April 30, 2025

Science in America is Going Dark: <br>On Zoë Schlanger’s <em>The Light Eaters</em>

Science in America is Going Dark:
On Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters

Gabrielle Bellot Ponders the Death of Original Thinking in a Country That’s Lost Its Way

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 25, 2025

On the Vital Importance of Preserving the Most Obscure—and Endangered—of the World’s Many Languages

On the Vital Importance of Preserving the Most Obscure—and Endangered—of the World’s Many Languages

Lorna Gibb Considers How Language Shapes Identities, Worldviews and Societies Across the Globe

By Lorna Gibb | April 23, 2025

The Acid Queen: Rosemary Woodruff Leary, the Invisible Woman of Western Psychedelia

The Acid Queen: Rosemary Woodruff Leary, the Invisible Woman of Western Psychedelia

Susannah Cahalan on the Disappearing Acts and Unseen Influences of Timothy Leary’s Wife

By Susannah Cahalan | April 23, 2025

What Makes the Octopus So Worthy of Our Eternal Fascination

What Makes the Octopus So Worthy of Our Eternal Fascination

Drew Harvell Explores the Otherworldly Oceanic Lives of Cephalopods

By Drew Harvell | April 22, 2025

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

Thor Hanson on the Joys of Slowing Down and Discovering the Unknown In the Familiar

By Thor Hanson | April 3, 2025

The Eureka Moment: How Calculated Risk-Taking Can Lead to Scientific Innovation

The Eureka Moment: How Calculated Risk-Taking Can Lead to Scientific Innovation

Alex Hutchinson on the Intellectual Factors and Cognitive Processes That Produce Boundary-Pushing Science

By Alex Hutchinson | April 2, 2025

What the Science of Gene Inheritance Reveals About the Humans Behind It

What the Science of Gene Inheritance Reveals About the Humans Behind It

Dalton Conley Explores the Infinite Possibilities and Gross Misuses of Advances in Genetic Research

By Dalton Conley | April 2, 2025

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