How to Survive the Apocalypse, According to Hollywood
Planet Earth is no stranger to being destroyed by Planet Hollywood. We’ve been annihilated, or at least significantly…
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The World Is Ending! What Should I Read?
At the box office, dystopia remains one of film’s most compelling genres, wringing catharsis out of our world’s…
Why Are So Many Christians Obsessed With Predicting the Rapture?
The world did not come to an end on September 6, 1994. Nor on May 21, 2011,…
Seven Albums to Stop the Apocalypse
Friends, our time is almost certainly coming. When the aliens finally descend to crush all humanity, we have…
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…
A History of the Subtle Sexism of Home Technology
For over a century, technology companies have peddled sophisticated solutions to liberate housewives, but when the tech fails…
These 12 Apps Will Revolutionize Motherhood, Except They Won’t
Apps such as TaskRabbit and Zum are trying to create a revolution for women’s domestic work. The problem…
Why You Should Really Start Caring About Seeds
Two books remind us just how deeply human culture depends on nature’s tiniest offerings. By Louise Fabiani Seeds:…