Science, Technology & Environment

Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters

When an unarmed black teen by the name of Michael Brown was gunned down by police in the Missouri suburb of Ferguson in August, Twitter erupted with outrage over what many saw as an unjustified, ... Read More »

October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment

Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy

By Thomas P. Keenan

We live in an age where the spread of information technology has far outstripped our understanding or control over it. We face the daunting prospect of a reality where privacy is increasingly rare and the ... Read More »

October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment

★ This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

By Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is angry. The author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, and a self-confessed former climate change skeptic, comes out swinging in a book that takes direct aim at corporations, governments, and – ... Read More »

September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

By Daniel J. Levitin

Daniel J. Levitin, professor of psychology and behavioural neuroscience at McGill University and author of the bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs, is clearly in tune with the ... Read More »

August 14, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright’s Universe

By Dan Falk

Journalist Dan Falk combines his love of science – particularly the history of science – with his fondness for Shakespeare in this intriguing attempt to answer questions about what the Bard knew, when he knew ... Read More »

April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age

By Astra Taylor

While the digital era has ushered in significant changes to the way we communicate, the triumphalist message emerging from Silicon Valley and other tech strongholds tends to shunt aside serious discussion about the repercussions of ... Read More »

March 24, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The M Word: Conversations about Motherhood

By Kerry Clare, ed.

“Mom” is such a loaded word. Girls grow up absorbing, as if by osmosis, the mother-child relationships around them; then, suddenly, it’s their turn to enter motherhood (or not, as the case may be). I ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol

By Ann Dowsett Johnston

When we think about narratives of alcoholism, we tend to default to intervention-style tragedies, in which an embarrassing family member bottoms out via unthinkable consumption, keeping a bottle of vodka in the desk drawer, and ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

By Malcolm Gladwell

Years ago, when I was working as a bookseller, a publicist dismissed an idea I had for an author event within a nanosecond of hearing it. I don’t remember what the specific idea was, but ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

By J.B. MacKinnon

J.B. MacKinnon is the co-author of the best-selling 100-Mile Diet, a book that drew much attention to the locavore movement. MacKinnon brings the same energy, intelligence, and insight to his new book. Recently shortlisted for ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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