The Catcher in the Rye at 75

The End of Independent Agencies

Australia’s Greater Gliders Fly Majestically From Tree to Tree—And Now We Know Exactly How Far

The heart has a ‘little brain’ — and it protects against stress

Are dolphins the only animals that call each other by name?

The Saudis Learn the Truth About Trump

How an Inbred Snake Invader Took Over an Island Paradise

Psychedelics Might Not Have Evolved to Get Humans High

Trenchant but sententious, John Berger could sound like Platonov one moment, the next like Alain de Botton

In 1994, Stanley Fish described deconstruction as dead in the same way that Freudianism is dead. "It is everywhere.” He had a point

Kahlil Gibran on the Art of Becoming Yourself Across the Sweep of Life

Open Thread

Beyond Greece and Rome

We've Been Wrong About Nuclear Power

Open Thread

A Humbler Fed?

Wildfire Smoke Chokes America

How Tunas Evolved to Become an Apex Predator of the Sea

Searching for the Unexpected: A conversation with the late Carlo Ginzburg

New York Becomes the First State To Ban New Data Centers

Does The "Aloha Spirit" Violate The Establishment Clause?