Science & Technology

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

“Nature is a Bitch”: An Environmentalist’s Scorn for Tree Huggers
Louise Fabiani reviews Benjamin Hale's "The Wild and the Wicked."
Louise FabianiMar 21, 2017
- Science & Technology
The Astounding Achievement, Maybe, of the Man Who Definitely Wasn’t Fibonacci
Dan Friedman reckons with “Finding Fibonacci” by Keith Devlin.
Dan FriedmanMar 21, 2017
Paul Scheerbart and the Art of Science
Visionary SF writer Paul Scheerbart was obsessed by the role creativity plays in scientific discovery, as well as creative applications of scientific ideas.
Amanda DeMarco, Daniel LiuMar 18, 2017
- SF
- Science & Technology
The Modest Problem of Death: On Mark O’Connell’s “To Be a Machine”
Nicole Clark on transhumanism and Mark O'Connell's "To Be a Machine."
Nicole ClarkMar 4, 2017
- Science & Technology
The Thousand Eyes of “Watch Dogs 2”
Who watches "Watch Dogs 2"? Will Partin on the price we pay for normalizing video games as instruments of surveillance.
Will PartinFeb 19, 2017
- SF
- Science & Technology
Darwin Americanus
Kenyon Gradert on Randall Fuller's "The Book That Changed America."
Kenyon GradertFeb 5, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology
Illuminating Love: On Carrie Jenkins’s “What Love Is”
Skye C. Cleary gets to the bottom of "What Love Is."
Skye C. ClearyJan 28, 2017
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
Algorithmic Life
We need to understand the algorithm to understand our algorithmic lives.
Massimo MazzottiJan 22, 2017
- Science & Technology
“Hidden Figures”: The True Story of the Black Women at NASA Daring “Fearlessly to Pursue Their Dreams”
Mekeisha Madden Toby talks to Margot Lee Shetterly, author of "Hidden Figures."
Mekeisha Madden TobyJan 19, 2017
What Keeps Everything from Happening at Once?
Time is among the slipperiest concepts in physics. Sara Lippincott on the physics of time.
Sara LippincottJan 17, 2017
- Science & Technology
The Cybernetic Humanities
Leif Weatherby reviews three recent books on the history of cybernetics.
Leif WeatherbyJan 2, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology
Strange Weather: Fiction and Climate Change
Min Hyoung Song reviews Amitav Ghosh’s “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable.”
Min Hyoung SongJan 1, 2017