Democratic freedom, rapturous religion, and newspapers created a hotbed for social experimentation in 19th-century America.
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From Nick Carraway to Charles Marlow, these side characters offered truths their scene-stealing protagonists couldn’t.
Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?
Philosopher Peter Singer argues it’s time to examine a morally dubious practice.
Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.
The true story of the shot that “reverberated through England” when science collided head-on with religion.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Every successful leader can mine golden knowledge from the works of the Bard.
Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
A radical proposal reimagines Europe as a carbon-neutral continent where national boundaries are replaced by regions defined by renewable energy capabilities.
Japanese thought can’t be easily characterized by just a few books — but this essential guide is a great place to start.
Jules Verne wrote about gasoline-powered vehicles, weapons of mass destruction, and global warming more than a century ago.
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
These missions will put us one step closer to the ultimate goal: crewed trips to Mars.
Presidential gravesites are spread out “democratically” — but this is more by accident than design.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
Engineers borrowed the maple tree’s “helicopter” to design tiny, flying microchips, which perform various tasks while in whirling free fall.
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.
This technological feat changes our cosmic history.
Many contemporary composers live in the shadow of Bach and Beethoven, even though they’re just as interesting to listen to.
Stem cell-derived chondrocytes could be the key to regenerating damaged cartilage.
Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.
Even with all the recent impacts we’ve seen, it might be more “foe” than “friend” to us.
Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.
Binary black holes eventually inspiral and merge. That’s why the OJ 287 system is destined for the most energetic event in history.
Words of wisdom from H.P. Lovecraft, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dr. Temple Grandin, Hannah Gadsby and more.
The first personality tests revolved around assessing people’s reactions to ambiguous and often unsettling images. Today, the gold standard is a barrage of questions.
