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A Mutable Cloud: On “Dark Ecology” and “Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays”
Jennifer Peterson on books by Paul Kingsnorth and Timothy Morton.
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
Waiting for the End of the World
On the Unabomber, the Dark Mountain Project, and the back-to-nature movement.
Female Code Warriors
Two new books on female codebreakers.
A Computer Scientist Makes the Case for Speculative Fiction
Why should computer science students read "The Circle"?
Darwinian Sexual Selection and the Politics of Beauty
Ethan Linck reviews Richard O. Prum's "The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World — and Us."
Hiding in Plain View: The Past and Present of Manipulative Advertising
Sixty years after Vance Packard’s “The Hidden Persuaders,” the persuaders are out in the open.
Where’s the Great “Climate Change Novel”? A Conversation with Amitav Ghosh
Steve Paulson interviews author Amitav Ghosh on contemporary fiction’s failure to grapple with climate change.
On Fuel
Imre Szeman reviews Karen Pinkus’s inventive and engaging “Fuel: A Speculative Dictionary” — a notable addition to the “energy humanities.”
Biopower in the Era of Biotech
"Scientists are increasingly testing public trust." Jim Kozubek on the hazards of new biotechnologies.
Future Frankensteins: The Ethics of Genetic Intervention
Philip Kitcher looks at two new books about ethical quagmire of genetic modifications.
Unnatural Selection: On Extinction and De-Extinction
Colin Dickey reviews two books on extinction and de-extinction.
A Love Affair with a Tree: What One Red Oak Can Teach Us About Climate Change
The tale of a love affair between a reporter and a tree.
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