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Clive Thompson

Weird 19th-Century Punctuation Marks You Should Try Using

Ever heard of the “colash”? Or the “commash”?

Sep 306 min read

Weird 19th-Century Punctuation Marks You Should Try Using

Yonatan Zunger

Three Rules of Solving Problems

Tools for solving problems in a wide range of fields

Jul 1112 min read

Three Rules of Solving Problems

Micah Sifry

Ken Burns’ Message of Warning to America

His new documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust isn’t just about the past.

Sep 295 min read

Ken Burns’ Message of Warning to America

Barry Dredze

Zany Misadventures in Identity Politics: Rosh Hashanah Edition

We observed a new Hebrew calendar year, Rosh Hashanah, in this last Gregorian week of September 2022, hoping to be inscribed and sealed in…

Sep 294 min read

Zany Misadventures in Identity Politics: Rosh Hashanah Edition

Elad Simchayoff

The Woman Who Refused to Shake President Biden’s Hand

And the fascinating debate that followed

Sep 295 min read

The Woman Who Refused to Shake President Biden’s Hand

Beth Johnson

Saturn’s Rings are Made of a Broken-Up Moon

Scientists have used computer modeling to determine that Saturn’s rings were created by the interactions of a now-destroyed moon with…

Sep 265 min read

Saturn’s Rings are Made of a Broken-Up Moon

Ethan Siegel

in

Starts With A Bang!

What does Earth look like from across the Universe?

From here on Earth, looking farther away in space means looking farther back in time. So what are distant Earth-watchers seeing right now?

Sep 2811 min read

What does Earth look like from across the Universe?

Wilson da Silva

in

Predict

Have Rocket, Will Travel: The Coming Age of Intercontinental Spaceflight

A boom in the global space industry will eventually see people flying anywhere on Earth in less than an hour. And that’s just the…

Sep 279 min read

Have Rocket, Will Travel: The Coming Age of Intercontinental Spaceflight

Dan Canon

in

I Taught the Law

Why Should You Care About the Bar Exam?

You didn’t take the bar exam. That’s probably because you didn’t go to law school. Good for you. Law school is hard. Your first year is an…

Sep 275 min read

Why Should You Care About the Bar Exam?

Negin Shiraghaei

Are Iranian women defining the point of no return?

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish girl, traveled to Tehran on a family holiday. She never returned. She died in the custody of Iran’s…

Sep 267 min read

Are Iranian women defining the point of no return?

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