Articles of Note

A duck-like bill that electrically detects living things, a venomous spur, bizarre reproductive organs — the platypus is a strange creature... more »

New Books

Palo Alto is a new Olympus, where flip-flopped geniuses save the world. Or so holds a common misperception... more »

Essays & Opinions

Thomas Nagel compels us to confront the possibility that the most fundamental problems of philosophy are insoluble — but no less important for that... more »