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Science & Tech	An Untold Story of LSD Psychotherapy in Communist Czechoslovakia On Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and the rise and fall of LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain. Ross Crockford \| Jan 2, 2024
Culture	Double Exposure: On the Public and Private Lives of Soviet Photo Collections Soviet-era domestic photo collections are extraordinarily layered objects, testifying to familial struggles and collective rituals and connecting individuals to the imagined community of “Soviet people” at large. Oksana Sarkisova & Olga Shevchenko \| Dec 21, 2023
Culture	How Games Move Us Games have the unique ability to provoke deep, socially based emotions triggered by choice and consequence. Katherine Isbister \| Dec 18, 2023
Science & Tech	It Turns Out We Were Born to Groove The evolution of beat perception likely unfolded gradually among primates, reaching its pinnacle in humans. Henkjan Honing \| Dec 14, 2023
Culture	The Hidden Powers of Everyday Ritual Psychological anthropologist Bradd Shore explores the subtle but powerful influence of rituals on shaping our lives. The Editors \| Dec 11, 2023
Science & Tech	A Day in the Life of a Fossil Preparator Although it leaves few written traces, the work of preparing specimens is a crucial component of scientific research. Caitlin Donahue Wylie \| Dec 7, 2023
Culture	Rereading My Childhood Author Timothy C. Baker examines how our childhood reading shapes our memories and the way we see the world. Timothy C. Baker \| Dec 4, 2023
Culture	Remembering My Friend Jean-Louis Cohen Thomas Weaver, Senior Acquisitions Editor for Art and Architecture at the MIT Press, reflects on the life and legacy of Jean-Louis Cohen, a hugely influential French architectural historian, curator, writer, and teacher, who died in August. Thomas Weaver \| Dec 2, 2023
Science & Tech	Lessons From Lake Tanganyika’s Scale Eating Fish The macabre diets of scale-eating cichlids help shed light on the important role of frequency dependence in shaping genetic variation and the natural world. Jeffrey McKinnon \| Nov 30, 2023
Philosophy	The Town Devoted to Philosophy Notes on my winter’s visit to Larung Gar, one of the largest academies of philosophy in history. Matthieu Ricard \| Nov 27, 2023
Culture	Michael Taussig’s Delightful Anthropological Postcards A collection of postcards from the renowned anthropologist’s first fully illustrated picture book, “Postcards for Mia." Michael Taussig \| Nov 22, 2023
Science & Tech	Will AI Render Programming Obsolete? It's exhilarating to think that, with the help of generative AI, anyone who can write can also write programs. It’s not so simple. Michael L. Littman \| Nov 20, 2023