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The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers: A New Web Site Presents the Contributions of Women Philosophers, from Ancient to Modern

Life Is a Story That Begins in the Middle: Bayo Akomolafe on the Rewilding Power of Obstacles

Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island

“In its larval state”

What Happens When We Die

The Man Who Thought with His Heart: George Forster and the Birth of Sensitive Science

Julie Mehretu, Claire Valdez, Arthur Jafa

99% might be enough (or not)

10 Contemporary Artists Reckoning With Fatherhood

Insomnia and the Secret Life of Ideas: Kafka on the Relationship Between Sleeplessness and Creativity

15 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This Summer

Georgia O’Keeffe the Wanderer

Rosalie Favell and the Search for Herself

A View From the Easel

‘David Bowie Was a Crazy Workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an Oral History

Juneteenth Joy

Trauma creep

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

The gap between true and known

Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life

Before Bill Nye, There Was Julius Sumner Miller: Watch Complete Episodes of His Classic Science Show, Why Is It So?, Free Online (1962–73)

Penske Gobbles Up Vox Media

The Inner Worlds of Black Quilters

The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books...

Animated Nellie Mae Rowe Biopic Coming to YouTube

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over...

Required Reading

Seattle Art Museum Workers Vote to Unionize in Landslide Election

Monty Python: The Philosophers’ Football Match

“The prevailing emotions among scientists right now...

10 Art Events for Juneteenth Joy in NYC

The Founding Story Behind Japan’s Oldest Whisky Maker ....

Supermountains, the Boring Billion, and Their Connection to Life on Earth

Happy Fucking Birthday

Heritage Groups Sue Trump Over “Garden of American Heroes"

Due to FIFA’s poor security practices, this person...

The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales

Sour Soda Studio Depicts a Saccharine World Where Humans Have Lost Control

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has given away half a...

The Brexit Catch

Inspired by Ukraine, and Worried by China: Taiwan...

How Stamps Get Designed

Surreal Figures Step from Leonora Carrington’s Paintings into ‘Shape of Dreams’

Assume You Will Be Hacked . “As AI tools have...

Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go

Why Lionel Messi is a genius on the football pitch .

Weed Habit

Neanderthal 1

Duck Dynasty at the Frick

Words, words, words