“A Solid, Blue-Black World.” What William Beebe Found at the Bottom of the Ocean

“A Solid, Blue-Black World.” What William Beebe Found at the Bottom of the Ocean

Brad Fox on the History of Deep Sea Exploration

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Ashlee Vance on the Historical Precedents, Environmental Risks, and Business Opportunities of Colonizing Space

Ashlee Vance on the Historical Precedents, Environmental Risks, and Business Opportunities of Colonizing Space

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 16, 2023

Steven Cohen’s Pragmatic Approach to Environmentally Sustainable Growth

Steven Cohen’s Pragmatic Approach to Environmentally Sustainable Growth

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 15, 2023

Jeremy Sherman Wonders Why There Are So Many Assholes Around These Days

Jeremy Sherman Wonders Why There Are So Many Assholes Around These Days

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 15, 2023

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Sam Leith Has Some Serious Ideas

By Sam Leith | May 12, 2023

This Eagle Would Eat Your Toddler If It Had The Chance

This Eagle Would Eat Your Toddler If It Had The Chance

Adam Hart on Our Shared History With Predators

By Adam Hart | May 11, 2023

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Daniel Siegel on Expanding Our Idea of the “Self” to Include Other People, Other Species and the Earth Itself

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“But Where’s Its Anus?” On How We Imagine Alien Lifeforms

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Jaime Green Considers Our Anthropomorphic Biases

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The Patterns of Poetry: On the Mathematical and Poetic Value of Numbers

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Sarah Hart Explores the Intersection of Math and Literature

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The Most Mysterious of Arts: On the Science of Reading

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Adrian Johns Considers Our Attempts to Codify and Optimize Learning

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Sarah Bakewell on Posthumanism, Transhumanism, and What it Actually Means to Be “Human”

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How Stress Creeps Through Social Inequity to Shorten Lives

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