BooksHow math can help us understand the world around usThe author suggests we all acquire basic understanding of mathematical concepts that explain our universe
BooksWhy Saturn’s moon Titan is the best spot for an off-world colonyThe cost of creating even a tiny extraterrestrial colony is far greater than the cost of fixing Earth’s problems
BooksA sci-fi saga about 19th-century tourists visiting the futureThe novel is a caustically ironic look at the clash between technological change and messy human reality
BooksWhy social activists should think like venture capitalistsIn How Change Happens, Oxfam activist and LSE prof Duncan Green argues that social activists need to stop being preachy—and listen
ArtsA Tribe Called Red plants a flag for the Halluci NationTim ’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
BooksTim Wu delivers a screed about advertisingA caustic, illuminating history of advertising from Columbia law professor Tim Wu
ArtsThe controlled chaos of M.I.A. mourns a lost ageThe artist M.I.A. discusses why she’s quitting music (for now), her visa situation, and the state of counterculture
BooksShort stories from Canadian master John MetcalfOne of Canada’s most heralded practitioners excels at both the wondrous and the grotesque
BooksMarni Jackson makes a strange and clever fiction debutMarni Jackson’s first novel is filled with tales of celebrities presiding over a life