Interview Naomi Oreskes on Why Trust Science? November 13, 2019 Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? Read More
Essay A look inside Protest!: A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics November 12, 2019 Throughout history, artists and citizens have turned to protest art as a means of demonstrating social and political discontent. Read More
Essay A look inside The Nevada Test Site November 11, 2019 More nuclear bombs have been detonated in America than in any other country in the world. Between 1951 and 1992, the Nevada National Security Test Site was the primary location for these activities, withstanding more than a thousand nuclear tests that left swaths of the American Southwest resembling the moon. Read More
Essay How to Build Community November 06, 2019 In the pages聽and impact聽of each book can be found the work of as many as 35 different individuals鈥攆rom editorial assistant to聽metadata manager鈥攁nd that doesn鈥檛 include readers and listeners, which increase the individuals involved in a book in exponential ways. Read More
Essay By Design | Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore November 05, 2019 Playfully illustrated by Amy Jean Porter, Fungipedia is an accessible, and sometimes irreverent, tour of mycology: a mini encyclopedia of mushrooms, for all intents and purposes. Read More
Interview Will AI Become Conscious? A Conversation with Susan Schneider November 04, 2019 Consciousness is the felt quality of experience. When you see a wave cresting on a beach, smell the aroma of freshly baked bread, or feel the pain of stubbing your toe, you are having conscious experience. Read More
Essay Chile鈥檚 鈥渁wakening鈥� and the troubled relationship between neoliberalism and democracy November 04, 2019 Last week Chile went through the most extreme moment of political turmoil since Pinochet鈥檚 dictatorship. Read More
Interview David Richeson on Tales of Impossibility November 03, 2019 Tales of Impossibility聽recounts the intriguing story of the so-called 鈥榩roblems of antiquity,鈥� four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics. Read More
Interview Sonia Contera on Nano Comes to Life November 01, 2019 Nano Comes to Life聽opens a window onto the nanoscale鈥攖he infinitesimal realm of proteins and聽DNA聽where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet鈥攁nd introduces readers to the rapidly evolving nanotechnologies that are allowing us to manipulate the very building blocks of life. Read More
Video Lawrence Millman on Fungipedia October 29, 2019 Fungipedia聽presents a delightful A鈥揨 treasury of mushroom lore. Watch as Lawrence Millman introduces you to the world of mushrooms right outside your door. Read More
Video Artificial You: The book trailer October 25, 2019 Humans may not be Earth鈥檚 most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and聽Jeopardy!聽are now all聽AIs. Given the rapid pace of progress in聽AI, many predict that it could advance to human-level intelligence within the next several decades. Read More
Interview Walter Scheidel on Escape from Rome October 22, 2019 The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome鈥檚 dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe鈥檚 economic rise and the creation of the modern age. Read More
Interview First time author spotlight: James Lindley Wilson on Democratic Equality October 22, 2019 Democracy establishes relationships of political equality, ones in which citizens equally share authority over what they do together and respect one another as equals. Read More
Video Kate Bowler on The Preacher鈥檚 Wife October 19, 2019 Since the 1970s, an important new figure has appeared on the center stage of American evangelicalism鈥攖he celebrity preacher鈥檚 wife. Read More
Video Robert Shiller on the power of viral stories and economic change October 17, 2019 In a world in which internet troll farms attempt to influence foreign elections, can we afford to ignore the power of viral stories to affect economies? Read More
