Interview Eric R. Eaton on Insectpedia May 12, 2022 Insectpedia聽is a beautifully illustrated, pocket-friendly encyclopedia that dispels many common myths about insects while offering new perspectives on the vital relationships we share with these incredible creatures. Read More
Essay A guide to beachcombing May 12, 2022 Everything that the sea casts up onto the shore has a story to tell. Some objects give us glimpses into the lives of marine creatures living nearby, others speak of long-distance voyages and a life on the ocean waves, or tell us about our own lives and careless habits. Read More
Interview B茅n茅dicte Savoy on Africa鈥檚 Struggle for its Art May 09, 2022 For decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless works of art stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. In聽Africa鈥檚 Struggle for Its Art, B茅n茅dicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important history. Read More
Interview Marcia Bjornerud on Geopedia May 07, 2022 Geopedia聽is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries鈥攆rom Acasta gneiss to Zircon鈥攖his illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will delight rockhounds and word lovers alike. Read More
Interview Richard J. Light and Allison Jegla on Becoming Great Universities May 05, 2022 Becoming Great Universities聽highlights ten core challenges that all colleges and universities face and offers practical steps that everyone on campus鈥攆rom presidents to first-year undergraduates鈥攃an take to enhance student life and learning. Read More
Essay Beyond The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales May 02, 2022 The lack of Chinese fairy tales in English translation has been a reality that hinders not only academic studies of the fairy tale, but also the cross-cultural understanding of Chinese traditions in general. Read More
Interview Andrei Sourakov and Rachel Warren Chadd on The Lives of Moths April 29, 2022 While butterflies may get more press than moths, Andrei Sourakov and Rachel Warren Chadd reveal that the lopsided attention is unjust. Read More
Interview Jeff Deutsch on In Praise of Good 快色直播tores April 26, 2022 Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? In this beautifully written book, Jeff Deutsch鈥攖he director of Chicago鈥檚 Seminary Co-op 快色直播tores, one of the finest bookstores in the world鈥攑ays loving tribute to one of our most important and endangered civic institutions. Read More
Essay The universe from a 3D perspective April 25, 2022 The universe is huge. If we could travel at the speed of light (and we can鈥檛) it would take us only about a second to go to the Moon. Read More
Interview R. Douglas Arnold on Fixing Social Security April 20, 2022 Since its establishment, Social Security has become the financial linchpin of American retirement. Yet demographic trends鈥攍onger lifespans and declining birthrates鈥攎ean that this popular program now pays more in benefits than it collects in revenue. Read More
Essay Why tech innovation alone isn鈥檛 good enough April 20, 2022 The list of crises we face today seems to grow daily. As if inequality and civil wars and global warming and refugee crises weren't enough, we have also grappled with a global pandemic and the sudden threat of nuclear war. Read More
Interview Margaret Cohen on The Underwater Eye April 12, 2022 In聽The Underwater Eye, Margaret Cohen tells the fascinating story of how the development of modern diving equipment and movie camera technology has allowed documentary and narrative filmmakers to take human vision into the depths, creating new imagery of the seas and the underwater realm, and expanding the scope of popular imagination. Read More
Essay Scientific rationalism in an irrational world April 08, 2022 As a young student in the mid-1980s, I read a popular science book called聽To Acknowledge the Wonder聽by Euan Squires about the then latest ideas in fundamental physics. At a time when I was contemplating a career in physics, the chance to acknowledge the wonders of the physical world was what really inspired me to devote my life to science. Read More
Essay Vladimir Putin鈥檚 case April 07, 2022 Law is neither dead nor irrelevant in wartime. It permeates the bureaucratic, legalistic structure of the modern war machine. All world leaders, including Vladimir Putin, acknowledge the post鈥揥orld War II legal basis for waging war. Read More
Interview Robert K. Durkee on The New 快色直播 Companion April 05, 2022 The New 快色直播 Companion, edited by Robert K. Durkee, former vice president and secretary of 快色直播 University, is both a compendium and a chronicle of one of America鈥檚 finest institutions of higher learning. Read More
