During WWI the act of hearing was recast as a tactical activity — one that could determine human and even national survival.
Gascia Ouzounian | Jul 26, 2021
Even before the idea of climate change took hold, sci-fi began to think of the planet as something that preceded our species and could conceivably continue without us.
Sherryl Vint | Jul 20, 2021
A short catalog of wondrous beings, excerpted from Emmanuelle Pouydebat's book "Atlas of Poetic Zoology."
Emmanuelle Pouydebat | Illustrations by Julie Terrazzoni | Jul 13, 2021
An anthropologist looks to Finland to argue that solutions must go far beyond reversing Trump’s policies.
Vincent Ialenti | Jun 22, 2021
Linguistic and cognitive anthropologist Stephen Chrisomalis reckons with numbers and the mind.
Philip Laughlin | Jun 21, 2021
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
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
Some health care providers, even those already vaccinated, have developed patient hesitancy and are reluctant to leave the comfort of telehealth.
Mikkael A. Sekeres | May 3, 2021
