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Theater of the Mind: How Radio Brought the World Into American Homes

Theater of the Mind: How Radio Brought the World Into American Homes

Paul J. Nahin on News and Entertainment in the Time Before Television

By Paul J. Nahin | January 17, 2024

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

Jitka Čejková Commemorates the Centennial of Karel Čapek’s R.U.R.

By Jitka Čejková | January 16, 2024

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

At Least 2023 is Over Now

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2023

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

From Literary Hats to Liz Koch’s Perception Box

By Emily Temple | December 19, 2023

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

From Anne Carson Going Viral to the End of the Manuscript Thief Saga

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2023

Why Novelists Should Embrace Artificial Intelligence

Why Novelists Should Embrace Artificial Intelligence

Debbie Urbanski on the Possibility and Promise of Human-Machine Creative Collaboration

By Debbie Urbanski | December 8, 2023

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Unlocking Digital Doors: On the Hacker Group That Told Congress They Could Take Down the Internet

By Walter J. Scheirer | December 7, 2023

Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

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On Learning to Ride a Motorcycle After Fifty

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Magnets, How Do They Work? On the Magic of Magnetic Force

Magnets, How Do They Work? On the Magic of Magnetic Force

Roma Agrawal Explains the Technology Behind Telegraphs, Touchscreens, and More

By Roma Agrawal | November 16, 2023

In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

How Physical Copies of Shakespeare's First Folio Cemented the Bard's Legacy

By Ed Simon | November 13, 2023

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

What To Do When Your Period Comes... In Space

Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith Consider the Mechanics of Menstruation in the Cosmos

By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith | November 8, 2023

Magical and Essential: On the Mineral and Metallic Bases of Our World

Magical and Essential: On the Mineral and Metallic Bases of Our World

Ed Conway Explores Chile's Salar de Atacama, the World's Richest Source of Lithium

By Ed Conway | November 8, 2023

Capturing Process and Industry in America: On the Photography of Christopher Payne

Capturing Process and Industry in America: On the Photography of Christopher Payne

Kathy Ryan on How "the Manufacturing World is Payne’s Muse"

By Kathy Ryan | November 3, 2023

“AI, Ain’t I A Woman?” On the Blindness and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence

“AI, Ain’t I A Woman?” On the Blindness and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence

Joy Buolamwini Exposes the Race and Gender Bias of an Emerging Technology

By Joy Buolamwini | November 1, 2023

Can a Computer Write Like Eudora Welty?

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