How will future generations come to be? There is no straightforward answer.
Donna J. Drucker | Mar 9, 2023
Horoscopic prediction is an inherently uncertain field, as Italian polymath Gerolamo Cardano had occasion to confirm more than once.
Frank Gonzalez-Crussi | Mar 6, 2023
Matthew Ratcliffe’s book "Grief Worlds" is a wide-ranging philosophical exploration of what it is to experience grief and what this tells us about human emotional life.
The Editors | Mar 2, 2023
Though he did not anticipate the power of symbolic mathematics, by invoking the example of codebreaking, the 17th-century philosopher prepared for the later union of mathematics with experimental science.
Peter Pesic | Feb 27, 2023
Unlike the provocative grand gesture more common in late-20th-century art, Cornell’s work rewards, and almost commands, the stillness of solitary reflection.
Catherine Corman | Feb 24, 2023
A short story from the celebrated Argentinian poet and writer’s new collection “Little Joy.”
Cecilia Pavón | Feb 20, 2023
The history of the total artificial heart is punctuated with both brilliant innovation and continual clinical failure.
Sian E. Harding | Feb 14, 2023
The goal is not to expose the “slipups” of the masters but to understand the human brain.
Roberto Casati & Patrick Cavanagh | Feb 13, 2023
The PCB story in Bloomington remains compelling in its specificity; yet, it also serves as a representative anecdote for the impact of modern industrial and chemical revolutions on the U.S. landscape.
Phaedra C. Pezzullo | Feb 9, 2023
An excerpt from the celebrated 19th-century photographer's memoir "When I Was a Photographer."
Félix Nadar | Feb 6, 2023
While the meal in a pill remains a dream of science fiction, new and intriguing ideas continue to emerge.
Zane Cerpina & Stahl Stenslie | Feb 2, 2023
The Czech writer’s darkly humorous novel, published in 1936, anticipated our current reality with eerie accuracy.
John Rieder | Jan 30, 2023
