Science & Technology

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

“Your Wireless Network”: Grappling with Hormones
Leslie Kendall Dye reviews "Aroused: A History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything" by Randi Hutter Epstein.
Leslie Kendall DyeAug 24, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Science & Technology
Bitcoin Dreams
Kevin Werbach considers the pitfalls and the potential of Bitcoin and blockchain, explored in three recent publications.
Kevin WerbachAug 20, 2019
The Humanities in the Age of Loneliness
"Save the planet, read a book." Robert Newman on how to prevent the Eremocene.
Robert D. NewmanAug 19, 2019
Inventing the Environment
Carolyn Taratko reviews two new books on the postwar origins of “the Environment.”
Carolyn TaratkoAug 15, 2019
Armed and Dangerous: Does Technology Make for Better Policing?
Gabriel Nicholas interrogates “The End of Killing” by Rick Smith and “Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing” by Matt Stroud.
Gabriel NicholasAug 12, 2019
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Moving Birds: Translocation in an Unraveling World
While the millerbird story in Hawai'i is undoubtedly one of success, it is also a profound tragedy that must summon us into new modes of responsibility.
Thom van DoorenAug 7, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology
A Quest for the Holy Grail: On D. W. Pasulka’s “American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology”
Samuel Loncar reviews D. W. Pasulka's new book, "American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology."
Samuel LoncarJul 27, 2019
- Religion
- Science & Technology
Our Censors, Ourselves: Commercial Content Moderation
David C. Brock considers two recent books about largely unseen workforce moderating the tech giants.
David C. BrockJul 25, 2019
- Science & Technology
How Far and How Fast We Have Come: On “The NASA Archives: 60 Years in Space”
M. G. Lord recalls the US Moon landing through Piers Bizony’s “The NASA Archives: 60 Years in Space.”
M. G. LordJul 20, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology
Francis Ford Coppola and the Shape of Cinema to Come
Coppola imagines what forms digital cinema might take, leaving behind a manual if he is not, at 80 years old, able to realize these forms himself.
Jeff MenneJul 8, 2019
- Film
- Science & Technology
“I Don’t Really Care. Do You?”: Scientists in the Grey Zone in 1930s Italy
Massimo Mazzotti reflects on how Italian scientists failed as a bulwark against fascist politics in the 1930s.
Massimo MazzottiJul 8, 2019
My Bookish Upbringing
In "Between Pen and Pixel," Aaron Kashtan argues that comics are the medium that offers the most insights about the present and the future of the book.
Vincent HaddadJul 6, 2019