Book Excerpt by Anjan Chatterjee
Do our brains react to beauty even when we are not thinking about it?
Science and Society
Beautiful People in the Brain of the Beholder
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Author Talk: Anjan Chatterjee
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Video Interview by John Vogel
How do you make the case to people who don't necessarily believe that art matters?
Zinnia Becomes First Flower to Bloom on Space Station
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Poetry by Alice Major
They’re taking things away from you, those hidden elites, those threatening other-colored others.
Analogic Geology: Toxic Trail
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Poem by Laura Moriarty
It is an easy though mentally challenging hike that affords excellent views of the Chevron Refinery.
A Local Life
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Poem by Robin Chapman
Over my coffee I read that John Hoke’s dead, and outside our problems multiply.
After Watching a Snake
May 28, 2018
Poem by Chris Gillen
Again and again the thick filament grips thin abdomens.
The Naming of Small Things
May 21, 2018
Poem by Barbara Edelman
This land is rainforest, charged by rhythms of cicadas.
My Favorite Misfit: Ursula K. Le Guin
Apr 30, 2018
Essay by Martha Nichols
Rather than walking the road back to my teenage obsession with science fiction, I’ve realized what I owe her as a journalist and teacher.
A World Without Bosses
Apr 23, 2018
Animations by Josep Serra and Xavier Hernández
I decided to change my way of life by doing what I really like to do—illustrations.
What Is It About Spring?
Apr 23, 2018
Animations by Josep Serra and Xavier Hernández
Everything that causes me to react inspires me.
