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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."
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
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.
Los Angeles Review of Books Digital Editions – The Digital Revolution: Debating the Promise and Perils of the Internet and Algorithmic Lives in the Last Years of the Obama Administration
The Los Angeles Review of Books offers its new digital edition, focusing on the internet, automation, and algorithms over the last few years.
CRISPR, Patents, and Nobel Prizes
Henry T. Greely on the contentious history of CRISPR patents.
Soviet Pseudoscience: The History of Mind Control
The long, strange history of Soviet mind control experiments.
Squishy Sentience
Marlene Zuk reads Peter Godfrey-Smith's "Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness."
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