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Susie Neilson

Arts

Science Should Be Totally Beautiful

Julie Sedivy has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary. She is the author of Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics and most recently, Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love.

Julie Sedivy

Is Multilingual Rap Eroding Canada’s French Language?

Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/bsgallagher/" rel="noopener">@bsgallagher</a>.

Brian Gallagher

Watch Carl Sagan Discuss Aliens in This Wonderfully Animated Radio Interview

Gayil Nalls, Ph.D., is the creator of World Sensorium and founder of the World Sensorium Conservancy.

Gayil Nalls

The Man Who Changed How Artists and Scientists Work Together

Hope Jahren

My Family, My Science

Yoda Is Dead but Star Wars’ Dubious Lessons Live On

Liana Finck

You Have At Least This Many Identities

Alex Shvartsman

Whom He May Devour

Claire Cameron

Inside the Mind of a Caricaturist

Walter Murch’s six decades in cinema as film editor, sound mixer, writer, and director include work on The Godfather trilogy, American Graffiti, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, and many other films. Murch has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and has won three Oscars: for Best Sound on Apocalypse Now and for Best Film Editing and Best Sound for his work on The English Patient. This essay is adapted from his book, Suddenly Something Clicked, to be published in 2025.