Ben Richmond
What the Czech Play That Coined the Term 'Robot' Tells Us About Today's Robonomics
Playwright Karel Capek was going to call the artificial workers in his play "Labori," but his brother suggested “robots,” instead. It’s not surprising then, that the robots in 'Rossum's Universal Robots' feel like a pretty thinly-veiled metaphor.
Shivering on in Isolation
What a salty, frozen lake in Antarctica says about Earthly microbe life being similar to potential organisms on Mars.
The Infinite Map
Some guy spent two years charting all of David Foster Wallace's sprawling tome, Infinite Jest.
War Gets a Facelift
But don't worry: Dipping is still easy while sporting the latest face-shield tech.
Doing It Dino: a Chat with Dr. Mark Norell
Norell didn't blink when I asked him to speculate on Apatosaurus penis size.