What Is Soft Matter?
Philip Ball on Tom McLeish The British biologist Peter Medawar called science the art of the soluble. It’s an apt characterization, recognizing that
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Climate Change in the First Age of Globalization
Abigail Agresta on Sam White In 1961 Twilight Zone episode “The Midnight Sun,” a young artist struggles to survive in her New York
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Landscapes of the Soul
A review of Angel Hill Victorian culture—permeated with spiritualists and séances—concerned itself with death on a personal and intimate level. The public readily
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The Problem of Paradise – By David Gobel
David Gobel on Annette Giesecke and Namoi Jacobs (eds.), Earth Perfect? Nature, Utopia and the Garden Mighty Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon and gardener par excellence,
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