Persuasive and thought-provoking, Benjamin Lewin’s "Inside Science" examines how big data is changing biological research. Contemporary scientific methods, Lewin says, are driven by large research teams, aggregated results across... Read More

Scientific innovation and geopolitical interests collide in this significant new work of popular physics. The 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN, in Switzerland, marked the beginning, not the end, of particle physics. In their... Read More

"The National Joker" is a fascinating look at the savvy way Abraham Lincoln used mid-nineteenth-century social media. Before he became part of the Mount Rushmore quartet and one of America’s most revered presidents, Abraham Lincoln was... Read More

"Fraudulent Fertilisation" is a strikingly realistic paternity struggle set in Mar del Plata Argentina during the 1980s. It comments critically on laws which cause innocent women to lack choices and on the broad vulnerability to... Read More

In 1988, in rural Illinois, the decapitated body of a man was found in a field not far from several parking lots known to be frequented by gay men. Richard Nitz, a local man with a prison record, a violent past, and a documented hatred... Read More

Game two, 1997 World Series. Veteran sports photographer Modra makes final preparations from his perch overlooking the outfield in Miami’s Pro Player Stadium. A paramedic stands beside him, hand over heart, excited to be attending his... Read More