If there is any doubt about God having a sense of humor, the old joke goes, you need only look at his decision to combine the human sex organs with the sewage disposal system. Questionable design, to be sure. Likewise, America’s city... Read More

Would be nice to go a week without hearing the word “extinction” mentioned alongside some other hapless animal/insect/plant facing existential doom. Alas, prepare yourself to hear it even more: the rate of species loss is “tens to... Read More

If you spend your waking hours watching video of crocodiles attacking wildebeest and falcons downing doves in midair, you’d be forgiven for believing that relations between all species is merciless, that each form of life on earth is... Read More

Who doesn’t want to fly? Okay, you, sir, with a fear of heights, we get it. But the rest of us would happily give up our opposable thumbs to soar with the birds. Yes, California Condor, you lucky buzzard, we’re seriously jealous. In... Read More

Story. You’ve been hearing a lot about the power of story, lately—the sensible realization that hard facts don’t fully explain what’s happening around us, and that many of us understand things better if knowledge comes wrapped in... Read More

Every once in a while the buzz coming out of our editorial office gets a little outerspacey, a sure sign that our top editor, Michelle, is excited about a new work of science fiction. We take note because she’s a flawless judge of... Read More

Soundraker. Marvelmaker. Spinequaker. Truthstaker. Soulwaker. Barrierbreaker. What then can you say without words? You have no idea until you try. Fides Krucker accepted the challenge and her exploration into nonverbal sound and breath... Read More

Today’s conversation, we are thrilled to discover, reveals a surprising fact about medieval society: that there was a lot more going on in terms of gender variations, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, and other realms of diversity than... Read More