In Jorge Luis Borges's story of barely 12 pages, the celebrated writer plays with the infinite in a context of vast labyrinths of memory and the consequences of having an unlimited capacity to remember.
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga | Jun 16, 2021
A survey of trepanation, or trephination, the oldest surgical procedure known to humanity.
Charles G. Gross | Jun 11, 2021
When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.
Stanley Fields & Mark Johnston | Jun 8, 2021
A graphic translation of Benjamin’s nostalgic musings on his childhood.
Frances Cannon | May 25, 2021
How Israeli population cartography incorporated Palestinians through the very act of erasing them.
Jess Bier | May 21, 2021
Love is a way of taking in the whole world as seen through the eyes of the beloved.
Chad Engelland | May 13, 2021
Recent movements have brought considerable new attention to public institutions’ impacts on racial inequality and injustice. Will agencies act on the momentum?
Beth Clevenger | May 10, 2021
To measure was to apprehend and be made accountable, and nowhere was this more resonant than in the identification and classification of criminals.
Jessica Helfand | May 5, 2021
Two D&D experts discuss the influences on the world’s most popular role-playing game, from pulp magazines to fantasy fiction.
The Editors | Apr 30, 2021
A nation that identifies itself with nature begins to fall apart when it can no longer agree on what nature is.
David E. Nye | Apr 20, 2021
What a long-forgotten dispute over women’s access to public toilets in 19th-century England says about moral reform.
Robert Baker | Apr 16, 2021
"To go for a walk with him was a revelation, he would notice so much."
Jane B. Drew | Apr 13, 2021
