The Monster Hijacking Human Minds
DEEP IN THE SWELTERING jungles of the Amazon, embedded within bird droppings, are eggs belonging to a nematode worm known as Myrmeconema neotropicum. Soon, ants from the species Cephalotes atratus will come along and take... Read More
Call in the Robocops With Democracy at Risk, Can We Quell Internet Bots & Trolls?
RELAX. An army of content reviewers some 10,000 strong is busy weeding out malicious posts and fake news from your favorite social media. Soon, it will double in size. Feel better? You shouldn’t. The social... Read More
How the Loss of Critical Reasoning is Harming America An Interview with Kurt Andersen
KURT ANDERSEN is a writer whose works include the bestselling novels You Can’t Spell America Without Me, True Believers, Heyday, and Turn of the Century. He’s also written for film, television, and the stage, and... Read More
The Making of a Modern Pilgrim
The Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage like no other, defying conventional wisdom about what constitutes a pilgrim, and about the supposedly unavoidable schism between religion and humanism. THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO across the mighty... Read More
Seven Days in Cuba
THE ISLAND OF CUBA and its circumstances, both presently and historically, are not easy subjects. The effect Cuba has had on the United States and its politics goes back more than two centuries, but perhaps... Read More
Building Humanism, Busting Myth and Privilege
ADAM SAVAGE is, broadly speaking, a maker of things, having built everything, as he’s characterized it, “from ancient Buddhas to futuristic weapons, from spaceships to dancing vegetables, from fine art sculptures to animated chocolate—and just... Read More
Saving the Deep Blue Yonder
DR. SYLVIA A. EARLE is explorer in residence at the National Geographic Society, the founder of the Sylvia Earle Alliance (S.E.A.) / Mission Blue and the founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research Inc. (DOER).... Read More