Arts

A story about connection by the National Book Award winner.

The problem with C.P. Snow’s famous two-cultures hypothesis.

The former vice president reads the transcendentalist poet—and reminds us of one.

Rafael Campo on finding the humanity in medicine and science.

What needs to happen for artificial intelligence to make fine art.

What happens when you barter a jail break for the wrong person?

The best-selling writer of “The Martian” has a new book out, and it’s set closer to home.

How AI might take over the world.