Science & Technology

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

Getting into Good Medical Trouble
Historian of Medicine Richard Mizelle shows us why John Lewis’s call for getting into “good trouble” needs to be applied to the medical profession.
Richard M. Mizelle Jr.Nov 6, 2020
Quantified Life: An Interview with Sun-ha Hong
Emily Watlington interviews Sun-ha Hong about our data fantasies.
Emily WatlingtonOct 26, 2020
Making Art Do Work
Reviewing W. Patrick McCray’s “Making Art Work,” Peter Sachs Collopy argues it can be read as a history of how art became managerial in the 1960s and ’70s
Peter Sachs CollopyOct 22, 2020
Evolution Wars: The Saga Continues
Jessica Riskin offers a revisionist history of evolutionary biology.
Jessica RiskinOct 20, 2020
- History
- Science & Technology
There’s Something About These Dolphins
Patrick House on the difference between reality and virtual reality, and what it means for identity, memory, autobiography, and therapy.
Patrick HouseOct 19, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
Transcending Gravity: The View from Postcolonial Dhaka to Colonies in Space
Reviewing Fred Scharmen’s “Space Settlements,” historian of technology Asif Siddiqi describes how modernist architects have engaged with utopias in space.
Asif SiddiqiOct 12, 2020
- History
- Science & Technology
The Stories Michael Shellenberger Tells
Michael Shellenberger wants us to believe environmentalists are impeding our ability to solve environmental problems.
Sam BlissOct 6, 2020
- Politics
- Science & Technology
What Makes “A People’s History”?
Hannah Zeavin examines the critical possibilities of the “people’s history.”
Hannah ZeavinOct 6, 2020
Our Blue Future: A Conversation with Steve Mentz
Steve Mentz discusses his book “Oceans,” the emergence of the “blue humanities,” and the lessons to be gleaned from the sea.
Nathen R. StrohmeyerOct 3, 2020
- Science & Technology
How to Live Through the Apocalypse
Barbara Kiser extols two remarkable books offering two very different ways of surviving our perfect storm of crises.
Barbara KiserSep 28, 2020
The Mycophile’s Plea: On Merlin Sheldrake’s “Entangled Life”
Joanna Steinhardt sifts through "Entangled Life," the new book from Merlin Sheldrake.
Joanna SteinhardtSep 17, 2020
- Science & Technology
The Nature Scam
Mark Trecka reviews "Natural: How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science," the new book from Alan Levinovitz.
Mark TreckaSep 16, 2020