We may have ditched the monkey-to-man meme, but the myth of humans as nature’s “pinnacle of evolution” persists in subtler ways.
Prosanta Chakrabarty | Dec 1, 2025
Daniel Forger on how our biological rhythms influence sleep, mood, and performance.
The Editors | Nov 27, 2025
How fungus and Freud converge to illuminate a deep ecology of mind, nature, and human ancestry.
Sharon Sliwinski | Nov 24, 2025
After a mind-bending trip at nineteen, McKenna spent his adult life transforming a molecule into a cultural sacrament.
Graham St John | Nov 20, 2025
Just as the camera once challenged painters, AI is giving rise to a new kind of creativity.
Danny Oppenheimer | Nov 17, 2025
Don’t forget that food insecurity has long been a feature of Republican politics, not a bug.
Andrew Fisher | Nov 14, 2025
On the evolution of conifers from prehistoric landscapes to the forests of the modern world.
Joanne Anton | Nov 13, 2025
To win the argument for universal basic income, advocates must confront the myth that less work means less worth.
Karl Widerquist | Nov 10, 2025
From storms to oil booms, the region’s past is marked by extraction, upheaval, and the migrations they set in motion.
Thomas Princen | Nov 7, 2025
Writing "The Red Riviera" taught me that even flawed socialist systems offered insights into equality, solidarity, and the dignity of everyday life.
Kristen Ghodsee, Duke University Press | Nov 6, 2025
Tracing cybernetics in China from Norbert Wiener’s visit to Qian Xuesen’s systems thinking and Mao’s “electronic revolution.”
Wang Hongzhe | translated by Allen Young | Nov 3, 2025
Studies show that creativity flourishes when people cross borders — and when those borders blur through deep, human connection.
Keith Sawyer | Oct 30, 2025
