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Returning to Church Won’t Save Us from Nihilism
3 days ago
Engaging in ritual for ritual’s sake only deepens nihilism Russian nihilists tied...
The Queer Lives of Frogs
7 days ago
What frogs teach us about sex, science, and why biology is messier...
Gaia’s Fever: Why an Overheating Earth Could Turn Deadly
10 days ago
An aging Earth, like an aging body, is increasingly vulnerable to heat’s...
Not Every Idea Deserves Equal Time
16 days ago
A classic critique shows how creationists’ calls for “equal time” in classrooms...
When Your Father Is a Magician, What Do You Believe?
20 days ago
A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity...
The Forgotten Half-Life of Women in Physics
23 days ago
Women in physics have long been forced out of the field, and...
What’s Wrong With Innovation?
27 days ago
Once America’s great hope, innovation culture eventually met its fiercest critics For...
The Pleasure of Patterns in Art
30 days ago
The interplay between repetition and variation is central to how we perceive...
Slavoj Žižek: The Phallic Anamorphoses
about 1 month ago
An excerpt from the Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist’s 1991 book “Looking...
Why Human Irrationality Is Evolutionary, Not Accidental
about 1 month ago
How evolution wired us to act against our own best interests Photo...
The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy
about 1 month ago
A story of secrecy, resistance, and the fight for digital freedom Photo...
The Ancient Art and Intimate Craft of Artificial Eyes
about 1 month ago
From ancient prosthetics to modern ocularists, a look at the centuries-long craft...