Essay/History of Technology The Soviet InterNyet Soviet scientists tried for decades to network their nation. What stalemated them is now fracturing the global internet Benjamin Peters
Essay/Metaphysics Bun or bump? Does the mother contain the foetus or is it a part of her? On the metaphysics of pregnancy, and its ethical implications Suki Finn
Video/Demography & Migration Painted frame by frame, a vivid animation restores a history lost to deportation 6 minutes
Essay/Work The quitting economy When employees are treated as short-term assets, they reinvent themselves as marketable goods, always ready to quit Ilana Gershon
Video/Stories & Literature A story is like a black box – you put the reader in there: George Saunders on storytelling 7 minutes
Essay/Neuroscience Now you see it, now you… Seeing things that are hidden; failing to see things in plain sight. How magic exploits the everyday weirdness of perception Vebjørn Ekroll
Essay/Philosophy of Mind I attend, therefore I am You are only as strong as your powers of attention, and other uncomfortable truths about the self Carolyn Dicey Jennings
Essay/Economics Of money and morals Moneylending has been taboo for most of human history. So how did usury stop being a sin and become respectable finance? Alex Mayyasi
Essay/Bioethics The pig on your plate That pigs are smart and sensitive is not in doubt. How can we justify continuing to kill them for food? Barbara J King
Video/Progress & Modernity Two young Bushmen grapple with the possibility of transitioning to modern lives 29 minutes
Idea/Beauty & Aesthetics The revolutionary figure of the beautiful, self-improved soul Justine Kolata
Essay/Ethics Moral luck Two people drive drunk at night: one kills a pedestrian, one doesn't. Does the unlucky killer deserve more blame or not? Robert J Hartman
Essay/Physics Operation: neutrino How the neutrino went from ghost particle to vital physics tool – a tale of bombs, espionage and subtle flavours David Kaiser
Essay/Bioethics The pig on your plate That pigs are smart and sensitive is not in doubt. How can we justify continuing to kill them for food? Barbara J King
Video/History of Science In 1938, a fish thought extinct for 65 million years resurfaced, nearly unchanged 7 minutes
Essay/History America’s hidden philosophy When Cold War philosophy tied rational choice theory to scientific method, it embedded the free-market mindset in US society John McCumber
Video/Ethics Pain leads to empathy and self-preservation: should we make robots ‘feel’ it? 12 minutes
Idea/Politics & Government Moderation may be the most challenging and rewarding virtue Aurelian Craiutu
Essay/Cultures & Languages Is linguistics a science? Much of linguistic theory is so abstract and dependent on theoretical apparatus that it might be impossible to explain Arika Okrent