How Humans Have (Unintentionally) Influenced the Evolution of Wild Animals and the Environment

How Humans Have (Unintentionally) Influenced the Evolution of Wild Animals and the Environment

Emma Marris on Our Relationships with—and Responsibilities Toward—the Planet’s Wild Animals

By Emma Marris | July 1, 2021

What Could Equitable and Effective Biopolitics Look Like After the Pandemic?

What Could Equitable and Effective Biopolitics Look Like After the Pandemic?

Benjamin Bratton on the Public’s Perception of Epidemiological Technology

By Benjamin Bratton | June 30, 2021

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

Stephen Marche Considers AI, Machine Learning, and “the Labyrinth of Another’s Being”

By Stephen Marche | June 23, 2021

Jeff VanderMeer and Lili Taylor Talk Books, Birds, and Beauty

Jeff VanderMeer and Lili Taylor Talk Books, Birds, and Beauty

In Conversation with Megan Mayhew-Bergman

By Megan Mayhew Bergman | June 21, 2021

Andy Weir on the Problem of Interstellar Travel

Andy Weir on the Problem of Interstellar Travel

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | June 18, 2021

On the Self-Sustaining Ecosystem and Beauty of Scotland’s Man-Made Bings

On the Self-Sustaining Ecosystem and Beauty of Scotland’s Man-Made Bings

Cal Flyn Considers “Ugly” Wastelands, Natural Recovery, and Oil Production 

By Cal Flyn | June 18, 2021

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The Search for Extraterrestrial Life is Also a Search for Extraterrestrial Death

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The Balloon-Hoax of Edgar Allan Poe and Early New York Grifters

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What the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens Can Teach Us About Real-Time Disasters

What the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens Can Teach Us About Real-Time Disasters

Ruby McConnell on Catastrophe’s Hard-Earned Lessons

By Ruby McConnell | June 15, 2021

How the Xenophobic Legacy of Ebola Shaped America’s Fear and Denial of COVID-19

How the Xenophobic Legacy of Ebola Shaped America’s Fear and Denial of COVID-19

Kari Nixon on the Harmful Effects of American Disease
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Lawrence Wright Traces the Parallels Between the Black Death and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lawrence Wright Traces the Parallels Between the Black Death and the COVID-19 Pandemic

On 14th-Century Italy, Medieval Medicine, and the Consequences of the Plague

By Lawrence Wright | June 11, 2021

On the Young Doctors Who Came of Age During a Pandemic

On the Young Doctors Who Came of Age During a Pandemic

Emma Goldberg Tells the Story of Sam and Jeremy

By Emma Goldberg | June 11, 2021

Why Are We All So Obsessed with Genealogy?

Why Are We All So Obsessed with Genealogy?

Libby Copeland on America’s Endless Exploration of Its Own DNA

By Libby Copeland | June 11, 2021

How the Science of Self-Awareness Gives New Purpose to Writing Novels

How the Science of Self-Awareness Gives New Purpose to Writing Novels

Stephen M. Fleming in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 11, 2021

How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster

How Legendary Physicist Richard Feynman Helped Crack the Case on the Challenger Disaster

Kevin Cook on the Warnings NASA Ignored, With Tragic Results

By Kevin Cook | June 9, 2021

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