A handy guide to distinguishing the notoriously slippery concept from its distant cousins coincidence, satire, parody, and paradox.
Roger Kreuz | Aug 6, 2020
If evolution is seen as the study of unseen development, the camera provided the illusion of quantifiable benchmarks, an irresistible proposition for the advocates of eugenics.
Jessica Helfand | Aug 3, 2020
If soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause’s theories are true, then animal song is part of a far more complex and all-encompassing sound world.
Tobias Fischer | Jul 30, 2020
In early cultural exchange programs, the act of sending gifts abroad often doubled as an opportunity for children to rehearse and reinforce narratives about their own national superiority and exceptionalism.
Katie Day Good | Jul 28, 2020
Recycling may be an imperfect solution for an imperfect world, but it is no less valuable as a point of potential environmental engagement.
Finn Arne Jørgensen | Jul 20, 2020
A host of studies examining animals in their ecological environments suggest that they have evolved to use numbers in order to exploit food sources, avoid predators, and reproduce.
Andreas Nieder | Jul 16, 2020
A Google researcher looks into the mind of a computer.
Arthur I. Miller | Jul 1, 2020
Hypocritical and random in nature, citizenship is an empty rhetorical shell deployed to perpetuate abuse, dispossession, and exclusion.
Dimitry Kochenov | Jun 24, 2020
High-profile failures present an opportunity to enhance public understanding and appreciation for the self-correcting nature of mainstream science.
Chad Orzel | Jun 23, 2020
“We live in one way, and we think in another. We learn to think in parallel. It’s a skill, an art of living.”
Kari Marie Norgaard | Jun 19, 2020
