Articles of Note

Michelangelo was unmarried and lived with a motley bunch of "housemates." Scholars have been left to puzzle over the precise nature of these relationships... more »

New Books

Imagine what life was like 245 million years ago. Hard, isn’t it? Forget fossils — the world of dinosaurs is inherently unfathomable to us... more »

Essays & Opinions

What differentiates people from pigs? Perhaps just the existence of autobiographical memories, from which we construct a self... more »