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August 13, 2020

Thursday Throughput: Galactic Cannibalism Edition

Sagittarius is not being “obliterated”. It’s finishing the process of joining our big happy Galaxy a little faster than we thought.

moon

Science and Technology

June 20, 2019

Thursday Throughput for June 20, 2019

I really hope to live long enough to discover that we aren’t completely alone, even if the neighbors are only one-celled organisms.

February 11, 2019

Tenshot: The End of the World with Josh Clark

A bingeable podcast series confronts the big question, “Are We Doomed?”

Science and Technology

December 6, 2018

Thursday Throughput

Does men’s dominance of Scrabble prove there’s no sexism in science? Eh, not quite.

September 1, 2016

Scientific Knowledge and Power Politics

Truman, Oppenheimer, and the H-Bomb

Editor Picks

Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine Vandals

March 27, 2025

James Joyce's Ulysse

POETS Day! On James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Few Poems Thrown In

October 6, 2023

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