The Nastiest Feud in Science
Do you think a giant asteroid caused the earth’s most recent mass extinction? Princeton paleontologist Gerta Keller has a competing theory, and her decades of research have earned her so much ire in the scientific community that she keeps a list of insults others have thrown at her.
How the ’90s Kinda World of ‘Living Single’ Lives on Today
An oral history of the groundbreaking hit show “Living Single.”
What It’s Like to Wallow in Your Own Facebook Data
Anna Wiener explores what 13 years of the data she’s given Facebook can give back to her.
What It Takes to Be a Trial Lawyer If You’re Not a Man
Contempt in court: female lawyers still consistently confront archaic discrimination.
Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man: Mel Brooks in His 90s
Oy vey, seventy-five years of show business? Where did the time go? It hasn’t slowed down Brooks one bit.
Disposable America
“The defining characteristic of the straw is the emptiness inside it. This is the stuff of tragedy, and America.”
When Hamlet Starts Showing Up in Federal Court
Lawyers have long set a precedent for citing Shakespeare in trial. During these murky, divided days the Bard’s words may ring truer than e’er.
Digital Jukeboxes Are Eroding the Dive-Bar Experience
The times they are a-changin’, sang Bob Dylan way back when people could smoke inside airplanes. Now digital jukeboxes are changing the vibe at America’s bars, but is that a bad thing?
The Jaguar Is Made for the Age of Humans
The jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas. Despite its ability to kill people with little effort, its adaptability, secrecy and avoidance of human conflicts might provide the traits necessary to survive on a planet filled with people.
The Wisdom of Running a 2,189-Mile Marathon
Paul Bisceglio surveys three new books that consider the brain’s role in extreme endurance sports and how a large part of high performance is often all in our heads.