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From Domination to Derision
W. Patrick McCray surveys Matthew Wisnioski’s description of the United States’ evolution—and devolution—into a nation obsessed with innovation.
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
Pills Have Legs
Julia Lloyd George interviews Rebecca Kelliher about her new book “Just Pills: The Extraordinary Story of a Revolution in Abortion Care.”
What Isn’t Intelligence?
Patrick House is inspired by Blaise Agüera y Arcas’s “What Is Intelligence?” to think about what might constitute the difference between artificial and natural intelligence.
Everything You Think Is Physical
Julien Crockett discusses cognition and metaphors with George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan, authors of “The Neural Mind: How Brains Think,” in a new installment of the series The Rules We Live By.
Control Freaks
Arjun S. Byju employs Emily C. Bloom’s “I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art” to investigate how tools of empowerment set us up for disappointment.
The Microchip Titans
Mason Wong reviews three books related to US-China tech industries and global competition.
Does One Size Fit All?
In the 10th essay in the Legacies of Eugenics series, Jay S. Kaufman shows how the science of human body size is suffused with cultural assumptions.
If Anything Can Happen, It Certainly Will
Matthew Cobb reports from the Spirit of Asilomar, an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary biotechnology conference.
The Enemy of Aggression
Zach Gibson revisits Michel Serres’s “Hermes” series by way of Randolph Burks’s new translation.
The Thing You’ve Been Saying Your Whole Life
Julie Sedivy reviews Michael Erard’s “Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words.”
Nature Red (40) in Tooth and Claw
Alison Laurence reviews “Jurassic World Rebirth” in the context of de-extinction developments.
One Microbe, One Vote?
Carl Abbott dives into Joan Slonczewski’s “Minds in Transit.”
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