Anwar Shaikh (1945–2026)

The Secret Superpowers of Amphibians and Reptiles

50 Years Later, a Hit Book on Women’s Sexuality Deserves Some Love

All the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In Texas

On Public Assholes

Open Thread

Literary culture has changed, often for the worse. But that doesn't mean the world is also getting worse

Trump Has Been Trampling Free Speech for More Than 40 Years—and It Keeps Getting Worse

U.S. crop genome sequencing gets $180 million boost

Canada's First Nations Are Using Their Land To Build Dense Housing

New York's Controversial Anti-Swastika Law Turns Prosecutors Into Speech Police

Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How Inspired Mistakes Propel Us Forward

‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research

Human organoids restore cognition in mice with half a brain

Trump Is Taking a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Industry and This Crony Is Cashing In

Fertility clinics are offering young mitochondria in controversial fertility technique

Federal Judge Halts Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban, Signaling Other States' Efforts Might Be Illegal Too

Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan

Before puritanism and personality cults made it boring, affect theory brimmed with real intellectual potential. Laura Kipnis explains

The End of Oak Street Is a Nasty, Effective Exercise in Dino Terror

The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time