How math can help us understand the world around us
The author suggests we all acquire basic understanding of mathematical concepts that explain our universe
Mike Doherty
Why Saturn’s moon Titan is the best spot for an off-world colony
The cost of creating even a tiny extraterrestrial colony is far greater than the cost of fixing Earth’s problems
David Sax pens a nostalgia-evoking love letter to analog
Real things and why they matter
A sci-fi saga about 19th-century tourists visiting the future
The novel is a caustically ironic look at the clash between technological change and messy human reality
Why social activists should think like venture capitalists
In How Change Happens, Oxfam activist and LSE prof Duncan Green argues that social activists need to stop being preachy—and listen
A Tribe Called Red plants a flag for the Halluci Nation
Tim ’2oolman’ Hill on residential schools coming to the fore, the importance of Gord Downie’s ’Secret Path’ project, and the meaning of the Halluci Nation
Tim Wu delivers a screed about advertising
A caustic, illuminating history of advertising from Columbia law professor Tim Wu
The controlled chaos of M.I.A. mourns a lost age
The artist M.I.A. discusses why she’s quitting music (for now), her visa situation, and the state of counterculture
Short stories from Canadian master John Metcalf
One of Canada’s most heralded practitioners excels at both the wondrous and the grotesque
Marni Jackson makes a strange and clever fiction debut
Marni Jackson’s first novel is filled with tales of celebrities presiding over a life