Anne Frank on Changing the World

A mid-flight scare reveals how embracing death can bring purpose and meaning to everyday life.

In “The Microbiome Master Key,” Brett and Jessica Finlay argue that we need to stop waging war on all germs and start working with the microbes that make us who we are.

Over the first half of 2025, the US has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science may be a gift to the rest of the world.

A meditation on quantum physics, creative endurance, and the unseen forces that shape what lasts.

In this excerpt from “Agents of Change,” Christina Hillsberg tells the story of Martha “Marti” Peterson, the first female case officer stationed in Soviet Moscow.