Science & Technology

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

No Peace of Mind in Psychiatry
Philip Alcabes makes sense of "Mind Fixers" by Anne Harrington.
Philip AlcabesJul 4, 2019
- History
- Science & Technology
Homo hackensis
Peter Forbes reviews "Hacking the Code of Life" by Nessa Carey and "Hacking Darwin" by Jamie Metzl.
Peter ForbesJul 3, 2019
- Science & Technology
Darkness Visible, Light Ahead: On Mary Cregan’s “The Scar”
Leslie Kendall Dye tends to "The Scar," a new memoir by Mary Cregan.
Leslie Kendall DyeJul 2, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
The Search for What Makes Us Human: The Killer Ape Account of the Mid-20th Century
Does violence make humans unique? Melinda Baldwin reviews Erika Lorraine Milam’s “Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America.”
Melinda BaldwinJun 16, 2019
The Soul in the Machine: On Peter Bebergal’s “Strange Frequencies”
Diana Walsh Pasulka reviews Peter Bebergal’s "Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural."
Diana Walsh PasulkaJun 13, 2019
- Religion
- Science & Technology
Walking Alone: On “Digital Minimalism”
A new book about how to declutter our technologically oversaturated lives.
Taylor FayleJun 10, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
Climate Change, the Problem from Hell
In "Falter," Bill McKibben once more explains nature’s workings, asks profound questions, and tells wonderful stories.
Franz BaumannJun 9, 2019
- Politics
- Science & Technology
One Feels a Malady: On Robert N. Watson’s “Cultural Evolution and its Discontents”
William Flesch reviews "Cultural Evolution and its Discontents: Cognitive Overload, Parasitic Cultures, and the Humanistic Cure."
William FleschJun 7, 2019
The Stories in Bones
Two new books about the complex afterlives of human bones.
Lydia PyneJun 5, 2019
- Science & Technology
Desperately Seeking Kin: Genetic Longing in the Donor Gamete Context
Anthropologist, author, and filmmaker Diane Tober explores what it means to be human in the biotech age.
Diane ToberJun 4, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
No Happy Ending: On Bill McKibben’s “Falter” and David Wallace-Wells’s “The Uninhabitable Earth”
Roy Scranton reviews two new books by Bill McKibben and David Wallace-Wells, examining why they don't go nearly far enough.
Roy ScrantonJun 3, 2019
This Is Why We Cry: From “Sad by Design: On Platform Nihilism”
LARB presents an excerpt from “Sad by Design: On Platform Nihilism” by Geert Lovink.
Geert LovinkMay 20, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology