A definitive history of the mysteries of Easter Island. I've added it to my reading list.
Was, wenn der Vernunft nicht siegt?
Hal Foster on a new biography of Barnett Newman.
Quantum computers could be here in a decade.
Astronomers announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old as time itself.
String theory can now describe a universe that has dark energy.
Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard? Or neither and both?
Donald MacKenzie on AI’s scale.
A new Gertrude Stein biography.
New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest that neuron-only brain models, such as connectomes, leave out a crucial layer of regulation.
Alexander Calder takes flight—again.
One year after the Los Angeles Eaton Fire.
Der Schwindel der Kunstfreiheit.
Slavoj Zizek on Trump and Europe. "Donald Trump hat recht: Die alte Idee von Europa ist an ihre Grenzen gestoßen. Jetzt müssen wir sie überwinden. Und stehen deshalb vor einer schwierigen Wahl."