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Nonne Nano
"Mondo Nano" revisits, in a new frame, the classic questions of technological media studies initially considered by scholars like Benjamin.
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
Toxic Knowledge: On Precision Medicine and a Doctor’s Search
My hospital — in fact, my entire university — has a new research mission: precision medicine.
Does Science Need Hollywood?
When it comes to story, we should all be Mark Watney.
Why Build a Universe?
Does the world embody beautiful ideas?
Remaking American Environmentalism
Jedediah Purdy has written a big book, taking up a set of profound environmental questions and offering sweeping answers.
Impurity: Two Books on the Anthropocene
The bibliography on life during climate change has swelled in recent years. Purdy and Scranton each offer a powerful reckoning with our bewildering present.
Spoiler Alerts: Three Books on Trash
Three very different recent books meditate on the unruly accumulation of things. Objects circulate in these books; stuff gets around.
Troubles with Three-ism: Body, Mind, and Soul
Owen Flanagan reviews George Makari's "Soul Machine."
Creators of the World Unite
"Information Doesn't Want to Be Free" is more than a Creators' Rights for Dummies: it provides the elements for a class-based theory of creative production.
Stories as Diagnosis
Terrence Holt's stated goal is to give "a truthful account" of "what remained mysterious, and often troubling, about the process of becoming a doctor."
The University of Nowhere: The False Promise of “Disruption”
Kevin Carey’s "The End of College" is the latest book to seize the imagination of disrupters. It touts massive changes for post-secondary education.
Internet Privacy: Stepping Up Our Self-Defense Game
Despite all the coverage "privacy" gets in the post-Snowden world, many of us don’t see what all the fuss is about.
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