Features
Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity
Reflections on six decades of relations with computers
by Harry R. Lewis
Decoding the Deep
Project CETI’s pioneering effort to unlock the language of sperm whales
by Jonathan Shaw
John H. Finley Jr.
Brief life of a masterful House Master: 1904-1995
by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli
Parks for Tomorrow
Bas Smets harnesses nature to cool cities.
by Max J. Krupnick
The Gravity of Groups
Mina Cikara explores how people come into conflict, in politics and beyond
by Max J. Krupnick
Plants on a Changing Planet
How long will the world’s forests impound carbon below ground?
by Jonathan Shaw
The Homelessness Public Health Crisis
Homelessness has surged in the United States, with devastating effects on the public health system.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Benjamin Smith Lyman
Brief life of the vegetarian trailblazer, 1835-1920
by Christine M.E. Guth
Diagnosis by Fiction
The “Healing Quartet,” by “Samuel Shem,” probes medicine—and life.
by Craig Lambert
Why Americans Love to Hate Harvard
The president emeritus on elite universities’ academic accomplishments—and a rising tide of antagonism
by Derek Bok
How Birds Lost Flight
Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.
by Veronique Greenwood