How to Read the Signal of Your Life

The Ocean and the Meaning of Life

“My wonderful horseykins,” “my little sperm whale.” If Chekhov’s love life was epistolary, what are we to make of his fondness for brothels?

Our AI, Your Problem

Extreme Space Weather Could Delay Your Next Flight

The Measure of a Life Well Lived: Henry Miller on How to Grow Old and the Secret of Remaining Young at Heart

Rising US life expectancy isn’t what it seems

The Trouble with Cancer Screening

C P Snow Vs. F R Leavis

America Suspended the Jones Act. Americans Were the Winners.

Pollsters Do Their Autopsy

How to Bear Your Sorrows: Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life

Your Brain on Grief, Your Heart on Healing

The Stoic Antidote to Frustration: Marcus Aurelius on How to Keep Your Mental Composure and Emotional Equanimity When People Let You Down

Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life

When Dreaming Gets Your Heart Moving

Is Life Fundamentally Computational?

Nick Cave on the Two Pillars of a Meaningful Life

Is Cannabis Good for Your Heart?

Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer’s—How Complex Mental Maps and Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain

The Wisdom of Water: Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life