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What Happens When Humans Show Up: On the Ecosystem Beneath Our Feet

What Happens When Humans Show Up: On the Ecosystem Beneath Our Feet

Frank Ashwood Considers the Earth’s Earliest Soil, the First Mass Extinction Event, and the Impact of People

By Frank Ashwood | October 2, 2026

Who Gets to Have a Baby in America? On the High Cost of Fertility in America

Who Gets to Have a Baby in America? On the High Cost of Fertility in America

“Some argue that fertility care is simply basic healthcare and should be universally accessible.”

By Anna Louie Sussman | September 30, 2026

How the Digital Attention Economy Has Taken Over Our Real-World Lives

How the Digital Attention Economy Has Taken Over Our Real-World Lives

“Presence alone is no longer enough. The moment must be seen in order to count.”

By David Pakman | September 22, 2026

What We Lose in the Face of Extinction

What We Lose in the Face of Extinction

Neil Griffin on Doomed Species, Our Capacity for Wonder, and How Extinction Shapes the Planet

By Neil Griffin | September 22, 2026

Carlo Rovelli on the Dangers of Getting Trapped Inside Your Own Conceptual Framework

Carlo Rovelli on the Dangers of Getting Trapped Inside Your Own Conceptual Framework

Lessons About Earth, Reality, and Universal Truths

By Carlo Rovelli | September 21, 2026

What Fascination With UFOs Reveals About Conspiratorial Thinking in America

What Fascination With UFOs Reveals About Conspiratorial Thinking in America

Adam Kirsch Explores the Intersection of Belief in Aliens and Lack of Trust in Institutions and Experts

By Adam Kirsch | September 16, 2026

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Can Plants Feel Pain? On the Dynamic Sensitivity of the Vegetal World

Can Plants Feel Pain? On the Dynamic Sensitivity of the Vegetal World

Lucinda M. Vardey Dispels Some Common Myths Concerning Living Green Organisms

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Now Amazon is destroying rare books to train its AI.

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On Good Fat, Bad Fat, and the Problems With BMI

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Where Does the Will To Live Come From... in Humans and Nonhumans Alike?

Where Does the Will To Live Come From... in Humans and Nonhumans Alike?

Melanie Challenger on the Mysteries of Sentient Agency

By Melanie Challenger | August 14, 2026

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