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My father has this personality quirk that drives me crazy. Whenever and wherever he travels, no matter how far, he refuses to …
We take electricity for granted. But the material grids and wires that bring light to homes and connect places are also objects …
Zek Valkyrie teaches at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. His new book, Game Worlds Get Real: How Who We Are …
Sophia Roosth‘s wonderful new book follows researchers clustered around MIT beginning in 2003 who named themselves synthetic biologists. A historically informed anthropological …
Symbols have meanings that change depending upon the cultural context. But how do we discuss symbols, their meanings, and their cultural contexts …
“The humans are dead.” Whether or not you recognize the epigram from Flight of the Conchords (and if not, there are worse …