Why it’s So Hard to Measure the Depth of the Ocean

A Roadmap for the Next UN Secretary-General

The Science of Waiting and the Art of Delay

Finding purpose through research

Steinbeck and the Difficult Art of the Friend Breakup

A Central European Model for EU Growth

Annie Dillard “was a sort of drill sergeant of human consciousness: determined, always, to force herself, and others, to see”

White House move to seize control of NIH grant decisions upsets senators and scientists

Batteries that safely break down in the GI tract could improve ingestible devices

This dolphin chased a fish until it puked—then ate the vomit

Might Makes Right Will End Pax Americana

Measure by measure, studying society accurately

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

Cormac McCarthy, apparent desert nihilist, was actually gregarious and fond of cream colored suits and dancing on ocean liners

AI will transform capitalism – but how?

Animal eye

Selling Alcohol Isn't a Political Function

To teach students how to think, shut down the WiFi, scramble the cell signal, and send them to weeklong retreats in the deep, dark woods 

Open Thread

The Crescent Nebula: A Gas Bubble Surrounding a Violently Dying Star

This Stray Cat Turned Out to Be the First New Cat Species Discovered in Over a Century