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Gustav Kuhn
Humans Stage Magicians amaze their audiences by creating illusions that allow you to experience the impossible. Recent advances in our scientific understanding of magic provide new insights into the…
Ways of Hearing - Damon Krukowski in conversation + Damon & Naomi…
We are delighted to welcome former member of the influential indie outfit Galaxie 500/current member of Damon & Naomi - Damon Krukowski to Walthamstow. Damon has become an authority on the new…
The University Press of Kentucky
by Crystal Wilkinson foreword by Nikky Finney afterword by Honorée Jeffers As the title implies, this beautifully written collection bursts with stories reminiscent of blackberries-–-small, succulent…
Like the emperor’s new clothes, DNA kits are a tailored illusion
Like the emperor’s new clothes, genetic ancestry kits provide an empty story tailored to stoke our hopes and fears
GMOs Decoded
Opioid Moratorium/Black Agenda ReportApril 6, 2019What Netanyahu WantsApril 20, 2019 Ralph talks to professor Sh
Repairing the Future with Caring Architecture
A new book from the MIT Press argues that architecture and urbanism have a crucial role to play in crises of nearly every kind
Nothing But Solitude | Christopher P. Heuer
When Renaissance explorers went north, they found a lunar landscape here on earth.
Celestial Calculations
How to predict and calculate the positions of stars, planets, the sun, the moon, and satellites using a personal computer and high school mathematics. Our knowledge of the universe is expanding…
Double Jeopardy: Combating Nuclear Terror and Climate Change
Smithsonian Associates has been educating and entertaining audiences for more than 50 Years.
Start reading WTF?!
Read an excerpt from WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird | Peter T. Leeson
The Decline of Elite Culture
A new book by Jay David Bolter chronicles the demise of cultural gatekeeping
Announcing the MIT Press Fund for Diverse Voices
The MIT Press is delighted to announce the creation of the MIT Press Fund for Diverse Voices. Generously sponsored by an anonymous donor, this fund will provide monetary support to acquire or develop…
Flat Earthers, and the rise of science denial in America
I went to a Flat Earth convention. Here's what separates science deniers from scientists.
Book Review: ‘Titans of the Climate’ Compares U.S.-China Climate Policies
“Both China and the United States were blessed and cursed with gigantic natural energy resource endowments in the form of coal. Coal was a blessing because it fueled the Industrial Revolution,…
Why Powerful People Need to Cultivate Compassion
If we want to make positive change in the world, we need to harmonize the drive for power with our compassionate instincts.
The Technology Fallacy: Why most companies are getting digital transformation wrong
Virtually everyone recognizes that digital technologies are radically reshaping the business landscape. In our research with MIT-Sloan…
Duking It Out with Quantum Mechanics
A longtime professor of astronomy continues to wrestle with the strangeness of it all
How to build your people skills: 9 must-read books
Successful leaders develop strong people skills – and never stop improving them. Use these books to build yours.
436: How to hack your time and motivation wisely–and when not to–with…
Pete Mockaitis Joseph, thanks so much for joining us here on the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast. Joseph Reagle Thank you. I’m happy to be here. Pete Mockaitis Well, I’m excited to dig into your…
Translators and Other Icons
Writers are sexy figures. Until recently, we tended to imagine them as drunk and glamorous, Hemingway at the bar in Cuba or Frank O’Hara partying with artists ...
