• Science

    Puzzles

    How Word Puzzles Tickle the Brain and Satisfy the Soul

    By A.J. Jacobs  April 27, 2022
    Dinosaurs

    How the Disappearance of the Dinosaurs Created an Hospitable World for Humans

    By Riley Black  April 26, 2022
    New Books Network

    So, About That Bug Fucking: A Conversation with Chris Panatier 

    By New Books Network  April 22, 2022
    Language

    Why This Era of Global Change Demands New Language

    By Audrey Schulman  April 21, 2022
    Just the Right Book

    Has Our Thinking About Regret Been All Wrong?

    By Just the Right Book   April 21, 2022
    Keen On

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

    By Keen On  April 19, 2022
    Reading Lists

    On the Romance and Wonder of Victorian Science

    By Nicole Yunger Halpern  April 18, 2022
    Environmentalism

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

    By Elena Conis  April 15, 2022
    News and Culture

    Some Notes on Time, Memory, and the Artifacts We Leave Behind

    By Kristin Keane  April 14, 2022
    Nature

    Why We Should Care About Saving Coral Reefs

    By Juli Berwald  April 11, 2022
    Human Behavior

    How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?

    By Erez Yoeli and Moshe Hoffman  April 7, 2022
    Love

    Can a Machine Tell Us Who to Love?

    By Stephanie Cacioppo  April 6, 2022
    Infographics

    Humpback Whales Are Recovering! And Other Surprising Pieces of Good News

    By David McCandless  March 30, 2022
    Language

    How the World’s Languages Evolved Over Time

    By Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater  March 29, 2022
    Relationships

    Profile of a Philanderer: What Kind of Man Becomes a Cheating Husband?

    By Anonymous   March 24, 2022
    The Writing Life

    Why We Need More Writers Practicing Medicine (and Vice Versa)

    By Xi Chen  March 21, 2022
    The Hub

    Researchers are mapping the effects of climate change on Walden Pond—with help from Thoreau.

    By Walker Caplan  March 18, 2022
    Neuroscience

    The Mysterious Man Who Discovered Neurons and Changed Science Forever

    By Benjamin Ehrlich  March 15, 2022
    entomology

    Put Down That Flyswatter: Why We Need Flies to Exist

    By Oliver Milman  March 14, 2022
    Conspiracy theories

    Why Do Some People Believe the Earth is Flat?

    By Kelly Weill  March 10, 2022
    Animals

    How David George Haskell Decodes the Sounds of Our Natural World

    By David George Haskell  March 10, 2022
    Keen On

    What a Scan of Vladimir Putin’s Power-Addled Brain Might Tell Us

    By Keen On  March 9, 2022
    The Hub

    Can ecological extinction models help us understand the literature we’ve lost?

    By Jonny Diamond  March 8, 2022
    Capitalism

    Potions, Pills, and Patents: How Basic Healthcare Became Big Business in America

    By Alexander Zaitchik  March 4, 2022
    Neuroscience

    Where Does Childhood Wonder Come From—And Why Does it End?

    By Frank C. Keil  March 2, 2022
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