August 15, 2016
Fiction in the Age of Screens
Erik P. Hoel on how today’s novelists cope with their HBO anxiety
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April 18, 2016
Gene Editing: New Technology, Old Moral Questions
Brendan P. Foht on using CRISPR to help patients and design our descendants
April 18, 2016
The Myth of the Placebo Effect
Nick Barrowman on the shaky science underlying a popular idea
April 18, 2016
Biomedicine and Its Cultural Authority
The origins of our “health society” and why holistic medicine doesn’t catch on
April 18, 2016
Hard to Believe
Robert Herritt on how we know what we know, and what to do when experts disagree
April 18, 2016
The Enduring Legacy of The Twilight Zone
Brian Murray on Rod Serling’s struggle to turn TV into an art form
April 18, 2016
Missing the Night Sky
Jacob Hoerger on light pollution, enlightenment, and our sense of finitude
April 18, 2016
Attending to Technology
Alan Jacobs offers an aphoristic critique of social media, commentary, and our credulity before algorithms
December 23, 2015
The Humble Scientist
Chase W. Nelson on the character and career of his late teacher, Austin L. Hughes
December 22, 2015
Oil and World Power
Lee Lane on what the oil and gas boom means for America's geopolitical standing