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Science Doesn't Work That Way

Its authority derives not from unbiased experts but from the institutions and norms that structure their work.

Gregory E. Kaebnick

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Gender & Sexuality, Science & Nature

Who's Your Daddy?

The meaning of fatherhood remains elusive, even in the age of DNA-based paternity testing.

Nara Milanich

Science & Nature

The Sins of “Smart” Cities

What happens when we reframe complex social and political issues as technical puzzles? Two new books challenge modern cities' over-reliance on data and technology.

Ruth Miller

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Climate Gut Check

Beneath the jargon, a new UN report serves up a revolutionary response to climate change.

Troy Vettese

Politics, Science & Nature

No Collision

In the face of climate apocalypse, the rich have been devising escape plans. What happens when they opt out of democratic preparation for emergencies?

Bonnie Honig

Science & Nature

Defensible Space

“Megafires” are now a staple of life in the Pacific Northwest, but how we talk about them illustrates the tension at the heart of the western myth itself.

Jessie Kindig

Science & Nature

Programming My Child

Through the experience of parenting his daughter, a software developer came to see Google and Facebook as the first digital children. 

David Auerbach

Science & Nature

Nature Defends Itself

A new book on climate change deploys an old theme, pitting man against nature. This is not only wrong; it stands in the way of a just future.

Dayton Martindale

Philosophy & Religion, Science & Nature

The Defeat of Reason

Two new books—one on quantum physics, one on Thomas Kuhn—seek to reestablish the authority of reason and evidence.

Tim Maudlin

Science & Nature

“Could You Do Any Better Than We Did?”

Ted Hamilton interviews William Vollmann.

William T. Vollmann, Ted Hamilton

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Democracy vs. the Algorithm

As it turns out, self-government and social connection are not the same thing.

Clara Hendrickson

Science & Nature

Headset Hypocrisy

By the 2020 election, the market for virtual reality is projected to increase twentyfold. That's great news for VR's proponents who relish the technology's persuasive powers, but what does it mean for those inside the headset? 

John Tinnell

Arts in Society, Science & Nature

Introducing “What Nature”

The poems collected in What Nature were written in the predawn of the Sixth Extinction Event.

Timothy Donnelly, BK Fischer, Stefania Heim

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