Science’s Freedom Fighters
Any process of designing science, with its complex suite of methods, funding structures, laboratories, and so forth, is inherently political....
Hide-and-Seek Amid the Ruins
A mixed-media quest to recover one of the Seven Wonders of the World....
You Can Read (and So Can This Computer)
Sheila Liming reviews Andrew Piper’s “Enumerations: Data and Literary Study.”...
The Value of W, or, Interdisciplinary Engagements on Culture
Jessica Riskin appreciates “Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony” by Kevin Laland....
This Broken World: On “The Banner Saga”
Video games might seem an odd place to turn for representations of environmental collapse, but "The Banner Saga" accomplishes what other mediums have not....
Higher Laughter: On Jim Holt
"When Einstein Walked with Gödel" is a perfect bedtime book, with each essay providing a luminous devotional on heavy topics, delivered with a light touch....
Asylum, Again: Why We Need to Stop Punishing the Mentally Ill
As more and more prisons become warehouses for the mentally ill, is it time to go back to the asylum?...
The Crisis of Intimacy in the Age of Digital Connectivity
The internet’s quintessential, paradoxical message is “Only Connect.”...
History for Sale: On Paige Williams’s “The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy”
Lydia Pyne digs into “The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy” by Paige Williams....
Delete Your Account Now: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier
Harper Simon asks Jaron Lanier about his latest book, “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.”...
Addicted America: An Interview with Beth Macy
An interview with the author of “Dopesick,” a new study of the United States’s opioid crisis....
Drugs ’R’ Us: Opioid Markets After the Jobs Disappear
Why are we drugging ourselves to death?...
