The Enlightenment is Dead, Long Live the Entanglement Danny Hillis History, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture We have outgrown the distinction between the natural and the artificial.
“This is Genocide, Broadcast in Real Time”: An Interview with the Founders of Save the Syrian Children Hippo Reads Staff Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine For a long time, Tamar and Phil Koosed felt removed from the atrocities in Syria. They knew what was going on, but it just wasn't "their cause." And then they started seeing photos of children being...
On Marine Debris as a Form of Gendered Violence UCLA Center for the Study of Women Gender Studies, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture by Maya Weeks In the wake of the election, I have been thinking extensively and without desiring to about the men who wish us dead. I have been thinking about the men who made today’s petroleum industry...
“Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue”: An Interview with Naomi Ages of Greenpeace Hippo Reads Staff Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine Naomi Ages is the climate liability project lead at Greenpeace USA, out there fighting the good environmental fight day after day. Our editor Tori Telfer chatted with her about keeping the oil and gas...
Are We Mature Enough to Deal with Climate Change? Glenn McLaren Philosophy, Science & Medicine One does not transcend nature; one transcends the abstractions which alienate us from it.
Chemical Warriors, Part 2: The Human Experiments UCLA Center for the Study of Women Science & Medicine A horrifying peak into WWI-era mustard gas experimentation on humans.
Transhumanism: Tech, Entropy, and Fighting for a Future Michele Battle-Fisher Science & Medicine, Society & Culture The world is run by systems that overlap conflict and adapt to social needs over time. In dealing with the uncertainty and risk of the human condition, people seek to “control” that uncertainty (though...
