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“Small” Disasters

“The damage done to Kyiv and Mariupol is visible to the naked eye, but many other horrors continue in the shadows when a big crisis takes over the media.” Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

In Oregon, the trial of Nancy Crampton Brophy, a woman charged with murdering her husband after self-publishing an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband,” began. Read More
Podcast

Who Killed Louis Le Prince?

Ghost in the machine: on the origins of cinema Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

A Russian soldier who replaced a plate in his body armor with a stolen MacBook was killed in Irpin, Ukraine. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

Two former soldiers in Germany who claimed that a fortune-teller had instructed them to interfere in the conflict in Yemen were charged with attempting to form a terrorist organization. Read More
Podcast

Notes on the State of Jefferson

Range wars: a secessionist movement reveals the cracks in American democracy Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

A group of researchers released a study identifying the Dark Empath personality type. Read More
Podcast

I Multiplied Myself

Better living through avoiding it entirely: on the life and work of Fernando Pessoa Read More
Publisher’s Note

The Fate of Ukraine

While I am one of the critics who saw NATO expansion into former Soviet bloc countries as a dangerous provocation to Vladimir Putin, I’m stunned by his savagery, and by the possibility of an escalation that could involve more countries and cause many more deaths. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

A new study suggested that half of all Americans alive in 2015 suffered brain damage from exposure to leaded gasoline. Read More
Podcast

Night Shifts

Perchance to dream engineer: on new research into our sleeping minds Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

In Texas, a screening of The Batman was paused when a live bat entered the theater. Read More
Podcast

The Eros Monster

The thrilling, all-consuming, irrational, and outright awful experience of bad romance Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

“It’s a communist country, so [Putin] can’t feed his people, so they need more farmland,” said the Republican senator Tommy Tuberville. Read More
Podcast

Bright Flight

Illuminations: on fireflies, natural systems, and the complex field of complexity science Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

A Maine Department of Transportation helmet was found buried in seaweed on a Norwegian fjord. Read More
Podcast

Your Own Devices

Does your phone really belong to you if you can’t repair it? Read More
Publisher’s Note

Barbarism

“The barbarians of January 6 clearly had no idea what they wanted to achieve. It was a matter of fierce resentment boiling over—what philosopher Jacques Rancière calls ‘shared hating.’” Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

An 80-year-old nun in Los Angeles who stole approximately $835,000 from her school to fund her gambling habit was sentenced to a year in federal prison. Read More
Podcast

Voice Lessons

Gaining a better understanding of elite athletes’ inner monologue, and of our own mental landscape Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

A new study found that words are required to think about numbers. Read More
Podcast

National Treasure

On the explosive talent of Nicolas Cage Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, argued before politicians at the Council of Europe that his plan to hold World Cups every two years could prevent African migrants from meeting their “death in the sea.” Read More
Podcast

Separate and Unequal

The past is always present: examining quotidian life under Jim Crow to reveal its structures Read More
Publisher’s Note

“Le Monde” of Today

“How best to respond to the threat from the extreme right, given the sudden rise of Zemmour, whose level of support verges on 14 percent?” Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

A Czech folk singer who intentionally contracted COVID in the hopes of acquiring a “recovery pass” to the local sauna died. Read More
Podcast

Free Country

With open arms: on permitless carry and the new generation of guns rights activists Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

The Taliban dismissed nearly 3,000 members who were “giving a bad name to the Islamic Emirate.” Read More
Podcast

Another Green World

The big ship: on space exploration, climate change, and a new experiment at Biosphere 2 Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

A court in Spain ruled that animals are sentient beings and thus eligible for considerations like joint custody after their owners’ divorce. Read More
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