Science & Technology

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

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
Château Neuro
Neuroenology is the new science of wine.
Steven ShapinDec 30, 2016
- Food & Drink
- Science & Technology
Allegorical Knowledge: The Art of Alchemy
Johanna Drucker reviews two new exhibits at the Getty, “The Art of Alchemy” and “The Alchemy of Color.”
Johanna DruckerDec 21, 2016
Virus, Coal, and Seed: Subcutaneous Life in the Polar North
“We’ve got the largest collection of agricultural biodiversity in the world here, where there aren’t any farms or gardens or trees.”
Sophia RoosthDec 21, 2016
- Science & Technology
Michael Lewis and the Narrative Nonfiction Formula
Cody Delistraty profiles Michael Lewis and contemplates the limits of the narrative nonfiction formula.
Cody DelistratyDec 9, 2016
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Creepy Futures: Nicholas Carr’s History of the Future
The history of the future is replete with horrible utopias.
Geoff NunbergNov 21, 2016
- Science & Technology
The Fate of Reading in a Multimedia Age
An essay on post-print modes of literary “reading.”
Sabrina RicciNov 13, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology
Narratives of Personhood: The Various Shades of the Enlightenment
Meir Dan-Cohen on two new books that elucidate the challenges that enlightened humanism faces today.
Meir Dan-CohenNov 6, 2016