Science & Technology

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

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
“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