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Recently, scientists at the frontiers of biology have hypothesised the existence of life-forms that can only be called "weird": organisms that live off acid rather than water, microbes that thrive at temperatures and pressure levels so extreme that their cellular structures should break down, even organisms that reproduce without DNA.  >> more

Eric Walrond (1898–1966) injected a profound Caribbean sensibility into black literature.  >> more

The field of statistics is rapidly transforming into a discipline that Hal Varian at Google has called "sexy".  >> more

Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old.  >> more

In an age of connection supercharged by the Internet, we often assume that more people online means a smaller, more cosmopolitan world.  >> more

Theories about how our ancestors lived—and why we should emulate them—are often based on pseudoscience and speculation rather than actual research.  >> more