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Reviewing “Up to Heaven and Down to Hell,” Jonah Walters describes the tragedy of the commons from the inside, as a member of the community in...
Reviewing “Up to Heaven and Down to Hell,” Jonah Walters describes the tragedy of the commons from the inside, as a member of the community in...
Jonah WaltersSep 11, 2021
In reviewing “Maladies of Empire,” John Galbraith Simmons shows how an understanding of colonial medicine and slavery needs to better inform our...
John Galbraith SimmonsSep 9, 2021
Leif Weatherby surveys the new frontier of AI critique.
Leif WeatherbySep 1, 2021
All the talk of colonizing Mars is a dangerous pipe dream that deflects from the less glamorous task of trying to keep Earth habitable.
Stuart Whatley, Nicholas AgarAug 24, 2021
Vasant Dhar considers “Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment,” the new book by Daniel Kahneman, Cass R. Sunstein, and Olivier Sibony.
Vasant DharAug 9, 2021
A newly minted doctor specializing in mental health finds Western concepts of trauma don’t have as much meaning when imported abroad.
Khameer KidiaJul 10, 2021
Mario Biagioli takes on the heated debates currently being enacted in op-eds around the compulsory licensing of COVID-19.
Mario BiagioliJul 9, 2021
Olivia Schwob finds Nathaniel Rich’s latest collection, “Second Nature: Scenes from a World Remade,” a little “too easy.”
Olivia SchwobJun 30, 2021
Victoria Lee reviews "Soju: A Global History" and "The Probiotic Planet: Using Life to Manage Life."
Victoria LeeJun 27, 2021
A doctor attacks those maverick doctors who lambaste the medical profession while channeling its hubris.
Nitin K. AhujaJun 20, 2021
Conjuring the image of an “inflection point” is a favored device among those who want us to believe that we are in the midst of a world-historic...
Nicholas Agar, Stuart WhatleyJun 18, 2021
Henry Cowles finds much to appreciate in John Tresch’s new biography of Edgar Allan Poe.
Henry M. CowlesJun 15, 2021
Evan Selinger picks apart Susan Liautaud’s “cheerful boosterism.”
Evan SelingerJun 14, 2021
Josh Berson’s new book shows how we can adapt our “skills reservoir” for an era of climate crisis.
Johanna DruckerMay 31, 2021
Firmin DeBrabander warns against the dangers of increasingly refined data analysis.
Firmin DeBrabanderMay 24, 2021
John Dupré considers four new books on the history and ethics of CRISPR by Kevin Davies, Eben Kirksey, Henry T. Greely, and Walter Isaacson.
John DupréMay 20, 2021
Joshua Roebke reviews a much-heralded book on the troubled history of nuclear secrecy in the US.
Joshua RoebkeMay 19, 2021
While we know more than ever about how health and disease work, experts’ inability to speak in specific terms makes it easy for them to be ignored.
Christopher J. PhillipsMay 12, 2021
A charming review of a charmingly quirky art-science book about simultaneity (how to see it) and Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
Paul DickenApr 29, 2021
A gentle critique of Andrew Jewett’s “Science under Fire,” and a nuanced exploration of science-hesitancy.
Michael D. GordinApr 20, 2021
Lori Emerson excavates the history of alternative internets like AfroNet — and concludes our current monolithic internet is the offspring of...
Lori EmersonApr 12, 2021
Tamara Kneese reviews "Your Computer Is on Fire," a new collection that details the tech industry's glaring racism and sexism.
Tamara KneeseApr 4, 2021
W. Patrick McCray lauds two new books for showing how Silicon Valley’s success and image are based on obscuring certain people.
W. Patrick McCrayMar 25, 2021
Geniuses don’t always deliver — whether in person or on the page.
Joshua RoebkeMar 11, 2021