Science & Technology

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

How to Travel in Time
Is the age of time travel already over, and when did it begin?
Timothy KennettJun 10, 2017
Our Deplorable Selves: Alan Alda’s Improv Antidote
K. C. Cole looks at Alan Alda's "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?"
K. C. ColeJun 9, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
Cybersexism in Three Acts
Richard Grusin reviews Laura Poitras's "Risk," her look at Julian Assange.
Richard GrusinJun 2, 2017
- Film
- Science & Technology
After the Facts
What can a 1957 Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy movie tell us about the fate of middle-class jobs?
Adam MorrisMay 11, 2017
On Desire and Disease
Suzanne Koven reviews David B. Morris's "Eros and Illness."
Suzanne KovenMay 11, 2017
- Science & Technology
Only Desert in China Lake
Kevin Zambrano on Barret Baumgart's "China Lake: A Journey into the Contradicted Heart of a Global Climate Catastrophe."
Kevin ZambranoMay 10, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
Culture Machines: On Ed Finn’s “What Algorithms Want”
Scott Selisker reviews Ed Finn's "What Algorithms Want."
Scott SeliskerMay 3, 2017
- Science & Technology
The Slide Rule and the Crowbar: Henry David Thoreau in the Anthropocene
Daegan Miller reviews Robert M. Thorson’s “The Boatman: Henry David Thoreau’s River Years.”
Daegan MillerApr 23, 2017
Big Oil’s High-Risk Love Affair with Film
Big oil and Hollywood came of age together.
Brian R. JacobsonApr 7, 2017
- Film
- Science & Technology
Forging Nature: On “The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium”
Colin Dickey reviews Juan Pimentel’s “The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium: An Essay in Natural History.”
Colin DickeyApr 2, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology
Can the Great Lakes Be Saved?
Vicky Albritton and Fredrik Albritton Jonsson review Dan Egan’s “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes.”
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Vicky AlbrittonMar 26, 2017
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Beyond Designer Babies: Epigenetic Modification May Be the Next Game-Changer
Should we have trepidations about epigenetic modifications? Professor Michael Bess on the potentially destabilizing effect of bioenhancement.
Michael BessMar 24, 2017
- Science & Technology