In looking over the shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 competition, I thought about how I’ve seen tho ...

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

Ah, this is awesome: Great Art Explained is one of my favorite YouTube channels and there’s a book version coming out in the ...

This is a unique look at the history of the world from 1925 to 2025, told through the lens of movies whose plots take place ...

Baggage is a short, stop-animation film by Lucy Davidson about the sometimes unpleasant experience of being seen — when going through airport security and also just generally. Three girlfriends check ...

Slice of Life (trailer) is a feature-length documentary about the American Dream through the lens of former Pizza Huts that ...

A fresh approach to a classic subject, James Payne’s no-nonsense analysis sheds new light on 30 masterpieces from around the ...

Ok so this is weird and delightful. Swedish electronics company Teenage Engineering makes a collection of singing wooden ...

We Can Do Hard Things by Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle, and Glennon Doyle. “When you travel through a new country, you need a guidebook. When you travel through love, heartbreak, joy, parenting, ...

Tressie McMillan Cottom, one of America’s leading public intellectuals, posted this to Bluesky yesterday: I’m going t ...