Animals Have Culture Too!
In his new book, Frans de Waal dismantles our enduring obsession with proving that we’re smarter than animals.…
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To Stop the Next Pandemic, Let’s Focus on the Boring Diseases
In his new book, epidemiologist Ali S. Khan mines his experience on the front lines of infectious diseases…
Are Conservatives Really Ready for Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform?
A new book advances the increasingly popular idea that conservatives are abandoning their tough-on-crime orthodoxy. Sadly, it’s a…
The Last Gasp
The world of competitive freediving is pushing athletes to more extreme depths — where collapsed lungs, ruptured eardrums, and even…
Holy Water
Why the secularization of water is responsible for our current environmental crisis. By Peter C. Baker Elixir: A…
The Magic and the Mystery of Water
Water doesn’t just sustain life and literature; it also takes them away. By Jason G. Goldman The Water…
Crackonomics in Baltimore
D. Watkins’ smoldering new memoir narrates the economics of selling drugs in post-industrial Baltimore. By Colette Shade The…
Helping Your Kids Navigate Sex in the Real World
It’s difficult — finding it to be so makes you a typical parent. But it’s also critical, and all it…
Around the World With Andrew Solomon
On Far and Away, Solomon’s new book of foreign reporting. By Peter Vigneron Far and Away: Reporting From…