The Epic, Absurdly Complex Battle between a Zombie Maker and Its Victim

The emerald jewel wasp is a cockroach’s worst nightmare.

The Business of Books

The high-stakes world of pirate publishing.

Looking Closely is Everything

How the pandemic taught me to look closely at the world, and how I hope to carry that forward out the other side.

The Race to Patent Psychedelics Is Just Getting Started

Psychedelics now appear in patent applications for Philip Morris e-cigarettes, periodontal disease, hair loss, weight loss, and food allergies.

China using ‘Emotion Recognition Technology’

For surveillance.

Space Tourism

Plans for world’s first space hotel to open in 2027.

Woke Capitalism’s Upcoming Backlash

Republicans’ reflexive support of big business is at an end.

High School Introduces “Pronoun Badges”

To prevent misgendering of students and teachers.

Doctors Call For Safer Cocaine Supply

While a Canadian province mulls adding the drug to its safe supply, experts say full legalization is a better approach.

Chinese State Media Calls Australia a ‘Gangster’ as Trade War Flares

China has lashed out at Australia for its part in a ‘racist and mafia-styled community’, which it claims is trying to humiliate Beijing.

How the Brainless Slime Mold Stores Memories

New research finds the organism can remember the location of food by altering the diameter of the creeping tendrils it uses to explore its surroundings.

Wagnermania

The revolutionary contradictions of Richard Wagner.

The Value of Truth

At a time of anxiety about fake news and conspiracy theories, philosophy can contribute to our most urgent cultural and political questions about how we come to believe what we think we know.

What Happened to Jordan Peterson?

Adored guru and reviled provocateur, he dropped out of sight. Now the irresistible ordeal of modern cultural celebrity has brought him back.

Researchers Virtually Open and Read Sealed Historic Letters

History unfolds as an interdisciplinary research team uses computational tools to examine the contents of “locked” letters.

Is Secession in the Cards?

The unfolding of an historical irony.