admin The Problem With The Odyssey’s IMAX Hype
Not all screens are created equal.
Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn
Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control.
Explaining Sex to an Anthropologist
The president of the field’s leading professional association was asked about a polarizing topic—and showed that she doesn’t understand the…
J. D. Vance Wants Someone to Find Out What the Government Is Doing
The vice president has been replaced with a guy who’s just asking questions.
The Lessons About Ebola the U.S. Wants to Forget
The world’s capacity to control the disease has improved in the past decade, but only because of dedicated investment and…
What Ancient Greek Is Good For
The point of a classical education is to learn something about being human.
Nobody Is Getting the Data-Center Water Question Right
How thirsty is AI, actually? And why does everyone care so much?
Nobody Even Expects DOJ to Be Independent Anymore
At Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing, there was scant support for the once-cherished ideal of dispensing impartial justice.
The Multistate Solution to the Middle East
A regional bargain won’t deliver Israeli-Palestinian peace overnight, but it could reverse the trajectory toward endless conflict.
Colson Whitehead’s Moral Vision
The novelist’s Harlem Trilogy is both unapologetic crime fiction and a grand statement on the laws of the universe.