The Unnatural Future of Physics
To get a sense of how physicists might solve the “naturalness problem,” I contacted one who calls himself “a deviant by default.”
My Problem With Pronouns
The thing about identity is, it changes over space and time.
The Future of Reality Is Multiple Choice
As a new Matrix film arrives in theaters, our senior senior correspondent asks: What is real?
The Mathematics of Cancel Culture
To add fractions, you find the least common denominator—a term that has a certain resonance in our age of mass cancellation.
How Gravity Turns Me Upside Down
My favorite force belittles me—literally—but also inspires new ways to get high.
The Shaky Ground Truths of Wikipedia
Now that it’s warping my portals to the outside world, Wikipedia has me more worried than ever.
The Shaky Ground Truths of Wikipedia
Now that it’s warping my portals to the outside world, Wikipedia has me more worried than ever.
Keeping Up With the Coronas—or Why the Virus Is Winning
The climb in global cases is relentless. So what’s corona got that we don’t?
Those Damn Denominators: The Messy Mathematics of Covid-19
Math used to be a comfort zone for me in times of confusion. Not anymore.