To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying to see the future, whether through the lens of past experience or the logic of cause and effect, has helped us ...
MIT Technology Review welcomes pitches from freelance writers across a broad range of topics. We encourage writers of all skill levels, and from all backgrounds, to pitch us. We are especially ...
A new study by the novelist and scholar Namwali Serpell subjects the Nobel laureate’s work to rigorous inspection — with thrilling results. By Wesley Morris In “Leaving Home,” the writer and ...
In “Leaving Home,” the writer and illustrator Mark Haddon recasts a painful childhood in kaleidoscopic color. By Jeanette Winterson A young telephone company operator finds herself in the dark ...
It’s complicated. Meacham, who won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Andrew Jackson, delves into America’s complex history to illustrate that the republic has always been riddled with ...
Each week on The Book Show, host Joe Donahue interviews authors about their books, their lives and their craft. It is a celebration of both reading and writers. February 10, 2026 • Few contemporary ...
Listen to the Book Nook with Vick Mickunas for intimate conversations about books with the writers who create them.Vick Mickunas introduced the Book Nook author interview program for WYSO in 1994.
Microsoft unveils a laser-modified glass that could store huge amounts of data for millennia — plus, a trial of mRNA vaccines ...
An exploration of how writing systems, from ancient Chinese characters to modern alphabets, shape language, and whether users of ChatGPT can be said to be authors at all.