Essay The Future Apocalypse Now By Tom Holland At the close of the first millennium, it seemed assured that the end of the world was nigh. More
Essay Epidemic The Virus and the Martians By Mike Jay In H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, an all-conquering civilization had no defense against a humble microbe. More
Essay Scandal The Cleopatra’s Nose of 1914 By Jack Beatty The story of the Caillaux affair—a murdered newspaper editor, a web of adultery, and the road to World War I. More
Essay Comedy Once Upon a Time in the West By Ben Tarnoff How a simple story of a man and his talented frog made Mark Twain a national celebrity. More
Essay Happiness Government Work By Maddy Crowell Could a Ministry of Happiness improve the lives of India’s citizens? More
Essay Medicine Dissection By Meehan Crist Medical students are forced to change their perceptions of the dead. There is a human instinct that must be overcome to stick knives and fingers into human flesh. More
Essay The Sea Open Waters By Simon Winchester Simon Winchester muses on what it means to be truly at sea. More
Essay Crimes & Punishments Murder in Black & White By Nathaniel Rich A history of film noir, America’s cinematic take on life on the bottom. More
Essay Flesh Reinventing Sex By Peter von Ziegesar The Oneida Community challenged American standards of sex and marriage. More
