Long View

April 24: “[The HST] lifted a curtain from our view of the universe, changing it so profoundly that no human can look at the stars in the same way…”

The People’s Platform

Once touted as the foundation for tomorrow’s digital democracy, the Internet is increasingly ruled by a few corporate giants, while millions of contributors till its fields for free. Astra Taylor looks at why the web has failed to deliver a communitarian...

In the Light of What We Know

Zia Haider Rahman’s mystery of a brilliant Bangladeshi mathematician’s past barrels through the Ivy League, London high finance, and spy-haunted Afghanistan in a page-turning tale of exile, intrigue and the price of friendship. A Discover Great New Writers...