Texas Excess
Carmen Boullosa upends the Lone Star State’s mythology
Transferring your Mastodon account to another server
You can migrate your Mastodon account to another server if you want. Moving lets you keep your followers, follows, bookmarks, lists, mutes, blocks and domain blocks. {read}
If a Tree Falls with Nobody Around to Record its Exact Location, Was it Even Compliant?
We work with many US-based publishers who, unsurprisingly, use US printers who source their paper from US paper suppliers, using wood from US mills, which come from US forests. According…
How a Tiny Brain Region Guides Generosity
The decision to help a friend or stranger—and the amount of help that one chooses to give—may be powerfully shaped by the brain’s basolateral amygdala
First Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shown Safe in Early Human Trial
A hormone-free pill, called YCT-529, that temporarily stops sperm production by blocking a vitamin A metabolite has just concluded its first safety trial in humans, getting a step closer to…
For Dolphins, Echolocation May Be More like ‘Touching’ Than ‘Seeing’
Dolphins seem to “feel” their way across the sea with narrow, sweeping beams of sonar
The Primal Pull of People Watching
Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots
Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths
Companies are experimenting with deep-sea tech to produce cheaper fresh water
Nowhere Fast
Antonio di Benedetto’s “Trilogy of Expectation”