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The Martian Chroniclers

There once were two planets, new to the galaxy and inexperienced in life. Like fraternal twins, they were born at the same time, about four and a half billion years ago, and took roughly the same…
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1062 words)

Raymond Tallis: Time's arrow

An exclusive excerpt from Raymond Tallis' forthcoming book, inspired by his appearance in the 2012 IAI debate 'Time's Arrow'. This is part of the second chapter of Of Time and Lamentation  due…
SOURCE:iai.tv
LENGTH: 46 minutes (11562 words)

Top Science Longreads of 2012 – Phenomena: Not Exactly Rocket Science

Ignore the tedious pundits bloviating about shrunken attention spans. There has never been a better time to immerse yourself in long, deep, rich science reporting. Here’s a list of my 12 top…
AUTHOR:Ed Yong
PUBLISHED: Dec. 24, 2012
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1432 words)

What a big, fat Greek wedding taught me about the euro crisis

Fresh signs of a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing Oct. 1 suggest that there are further adjustments to come for the world-wide network of commodities producers and shippers that feeds raw materials…
SOURCE:qz.com
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1199 words)

Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?

Michael, a 9-year-old whose periodic rages alternate with moments of chilly detachment, with his mother, Anne. One day last summer, Anne and her husband, Miguel, took their 9-year-old son, Michael,…
PUBLISHED: May 11, 2012
LENGTH: 25 minutes (6496 words)

Sherlock Holmes' London

One summer evening in 1889, a young medical school graduate named Arthur Conan Doyle arrived by train at London’s Victoria Station and took a hansom cab two and a half miles north to the famed…
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7421 words)

What does science fiction tell us about the future of reproductive rights?

If everything from technology to politics will be different in the future, then so will human reproduction. That's why so much science fiction deals with the question of how humans make babies…
SOURCE:io9.com
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3054 words)

The Triumph of Kodakery: The Camera Maker May Die, But the Culture It Created Survives

LENGTH: 5 minutes (1364 words)

too many Daves

“ I am not looking for a quota. I do not have a checklist. But I do want more. I want to no longer feel like too much is missing. I want writing that is more vibrant, more interesting, more…
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