Is There Still Hope?: A Climatologist’s Perspective
Will we tackle this problem in time?
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
The Spyglass and the Astronomer: Seeing Galileo in Perspective
Seeing Galileo from his own perspective is rather like looking just once through his telescope.
The Siege Approach to Conservation
By promoting a siege approach to conservation, in which humans are the enemy, books such as "The Annihilation of Nature" are part of the problem.
Hard Feelings — Inside Out, Silicon Valley, and Why Technologizing Emotion and Memory Is a Dangerous Idea
"Inside Out" represents a potentially dangerous line of thinking.
The More Noise, the More They Listen
Larry Kramer may be getting older, but his passion, anger, and humor about AIDS is only getting stronger, in his activism, his writings, and his life.
A Full Life Inside Each Drop
On the Move is Oliver Sacks’s most revealing book to date.
How Does Twitter Use You?
How does Twitter use you?
Competition and Coexistence: A Pushmi-Pullyu Perspective
Bad science is bad religion: on Greg Graffin's "Population Wars."
Rusted Development: The Fight Against Corrosion Creep
Rust cannot be stopped: Jonathan Waldman on our long war against rust.
Taking the Waters in Desert Hot Springs
For a brief time after its founding in 1941, Desert Hot Springs, California, was a boom town. Eventually, though, the boom went bust.
Two-Way Monologue: How to Get Past Science vs. Religion
Anyone tempted to believe that the history of human thought tends toward progress is well advised to consider the long-running, endlessly circular arguments over science and religion.
A Short Take on Mathematics
"Math Geek" may be the first math book ever to explicitly welcome "geeks" and "nerds."
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