Science & Technology

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

The Book as Technology
On “The Internal Machine,” a 2017 exhibition at the Center for Book Arts, New York.
Megan N. LibertyJan 18, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology
What Do We Owe Our Planet?
If humanity were originally charged with the stewardship of this world, as Genesis claims, then it is easy to think we have failed in our duties.
Philip KitcherJan 4, 2018
- Politics
- Science & Technology
The Great Attention Heist
A new book on how attention became a commodity.
John Bell, John ZadaJan 1, 2018
- Politics
- Science & Technology
From Conflict to Dialogue and All the Way Back
Peter Harrison considers Yves Gingras's "Science and Religion: An Impossible Dialogue."
Peter HarrisonDec 27, 2017
Psychedelic Futures
A review of Don Lattin's "Changing Our Minds: Psychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy."
Doug MerlinoDec 15, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology
“The Problem with Apu” and the FCC
Meenasarani Linde Murugan on how the broadening of South Asian media representations could be threatened by the FCC's decision on net neutrality.
Meenasarani Linde MuruganDec 12, 2017
- Science & Technology
- Television
The Engineers and the Political System
In a way that was never the case for previous generations, engineering today is politics, and politics engineering.
Aaron TimmsDec 6, 2017
On the Front Lines of Climate Change
Todd Miller’s new book about climate migrancy and border security.
Martha PskowskiDec 2, 2017
Computation de Texte
James Edward Draney on Dennis Tenen's "Plain Text: The Poetics of Computation."
James Edward DraneyNov 25, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Science & Technology
The Trouble with Big Science
Jim Kozubek on the potential problems of profiteering in biotech.
Jim KozubekNov 25, 2017
- Economics and Finance
- Science & Technology
Moody Genes
Taylor Beck reads Stephen P. Hinshaw's "Another Kind of Madness" through the lens of his own history with mental illness.
Taylor BeckNov 22, 2017
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
“Star Trek: Discovery” and the Dream of Future Fuels
Karen Pinkus contemplates “Star Trek: Discovery” and the future of fuel.
Karen PinkusNov 18, 2017