JM Coetzee and psychotherapist Arabella Kurtz in conversation. Sand is rarer than you might think. The most detailed map yet of our place in the universe. Why walking helps us think. A Q&A with Karl Ove Knausgaard. Dreadnoughtus: a new dinosaur discovery. The lethal lure of Mont Blanc. And more.

What Would Krishna Do? Or Shiva? An interview with Philip Roth. The etymology of the different names of tea. America in decay. Profile of Shigeru Ban. The Iberian Peninsula by night as seen from ISS. History of the term scientist. Profile of Isadora Duncan from The New Yorker (1927). And more.

A new algorithm finds the most beautiful route across a city. Why we have blood types. A brief history of the High Five. Seven reasons not to write novels and one reason to write them. Jeff Koons employs 128 people at his studio. The many poses of Marcel Marceau. And more.

Excellent interview with psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. How to beat jetlag. Why so many new abstract paintings look the same. Tim Crane in conversation with John Searle. Georgina Adam on the rise and rise of the superstar artists. Interview with psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer. And more.

An essay by Don DeLillo. A story by Chris Ware. 10 rules for students and teachers. Migraine and visual depictions of auras. "They haven’t lived. They’ve followed a career path." A cancer doctor on losing his wife to cancer. The limits of the digital humanities. Lessons from Pixar. And more.

A generic brand video. Shigeru Ban awarded 2014 Pritzker Prize. Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview. In praise of the London Review of Books. And more.

No, the night sky isn't darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? The world's most photographed sites. xkcd nails it. Always go for the bigger pizza. Some good advice on getting things done. Dover Street Market New York. And more.

Steven Weinberg on what we know and don't know about physics. Words of wisdom from Jeff Bezos. Daily rituals: How artists work. The practice of practising. Tim Harford's ten email commandments. And more.

Creative people’s most important resource is their time. Interview with John Baldessari. Everything you ever wanted to know about the cashew. In search of darkness, an interview with Paul Bogard. Science is not the enemy of the humanities. And more.

Oliver Sacks on the joy of old age. The world’s weirdest languages. Interview with Chris Ware. A brief cultural history of Russia by Mikhail Shishkin. Paul Krugman on how the case for austerity has crumbled. Martin Wolf on how austerity has failed. And more.