Arts
Our National Parks in the Quiet of the Pandemic
While everybody else seemed to be making sourdough bread, 70-year-old photographer Andy Katz hit the road to capture “America’s greatest idea” in a new light.
When Fire Feeds Fire
This winning image of a match catching fire brings to mind the wildfires engulfing our increasingly flammable world.
The Creeping Techno-Horror of “The MANIAC”
Benjamín Labatut’s latest novel excavates science history to hint at the madness of AI advancement at any cost.
What Will Justice for Climate Change Culprits Look Like?
A new novel grapples with vengeance toward global warming’s worst offenders.
Talk About the Passion
Scientists on the art that has inspired them. Artists on the science that has inspired them.
Why Novels Are a Richer Experience Than Movies
Only novels can plumb the depth of human consciousness.
Why Scientists Should Embrace Their Inner Child
A conversation with issue 50 cover artist James Yang
Cormac McCarthy Took Us Beneath the Surface
Inside the celebrated novelist’s first and only nonfiction essay.
