Features
Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity
Reflections on six decades of relations with computers
by Harry R. Lewis
How Life Began
Jack Szostak’s pursuit of the biggest questions on Earth
by Erin O'Donnell
Ellen Newbold La Motte
Brief life of a bold activist: 1873-1961
by Cynthia Wachtell
The Trilemma
Dani Rodrik’s views on trade, development, and democracy enter the mainstream.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Truth: A Love Story
A scientist discovers his own family’s secrets.
by Stuart L. Schreiber
Harry Elkins Widener
Brief life of Harry Elkins Widener, theater-loving bibliophile: 1885-1912
by Daniel Blank
Raw and Red-Hot
Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?
by Jonathan Shaw
America’s Great Modern Justice
A new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. illuminates the Supreme Court during the centennial of his most momentous dissent.
by Lincoln Caplan
The Physician-Poet
Rafael Campo’s compassionate care
by Lydialyle Gibson
What a Human Should Be
Exploring the Bauhaus and Harvard
by Lily Scherlis
The Opioids Emergency
Medicine’s response to America’s largest public-health crisis
by Lydialyle Gibson