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Jonathon Keats

Jonathon Keats is an experimental philosopher, writer, and artist. He is the award-winning author of six books on subjects ranging from science and technology to art and design. He is a research associate at the University of Arizona, a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder, a senior fellow at the Berggruen Institute, a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution, principal philosopher at Earth Law Center, and an artist-in-residence at Biosphere 2.

Why Penguins Don’t Fly

We have a lot to learn about adaptability from a bird who evolved to swim

May 15, 2026

The 315-Year-Old Science Experiment

How counting sunspots unites the past and future of science.

October 3, 2019