Sarah Jean Broadie (née Waterlow), professor of philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, has died. Professor Broadie joined the University of St. Andrews in 2001. Prior to that, she held positions at Princeton University, Rutgers University, Yale University, the…
Netflix Happy as Lazzaro (2018) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) This award-winning French film begins with a severed hand escaping a refrigerator in a laboratory and embarking on a Paris-wide search for the rest of its body. What an opening!…
So, graduate students, what do you know now that you wish you knew at the start of your graduate education? Advice, information, resources, problems, solutions, reflections, life and work hacks, warning signs, sources of joy, etc., are all welcome. Think…
Grow season is in full swing for many with the luxury of outdoor space. For those who don’t have grounds to cultivate, an indoor pod garden levels the playing field a bit. Smart gardens come in all shapes and sizes…
Click here to read our 2022 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing first drive review. Top reviews Hello and welcome to the first week in review of August! This week started off with quite a few great cars our editors drove, and plenty…
More than a century later, with the Atlantic Coast oyster beds overfished to the brink of ruin and entire marine ecosystems devastated by pollution, Mark Kurlansky picks up the admonition and hones it on an edge of optimism in his…
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But this is the moment to start asking exactly what sort of life we’re talking about here, while also taking note of the odd sort of geometrical or even chemical thrust of the claim, that children exert a kind of…
Joe Sohm/Getty Numerous closely followed refinance rates declined today. Both 15-year fixed and 30-year fixed refinances saw their mean rates sink. In addition, the average rate on 10-year fixed refinance also slumped. Although refinance rates fluctuate , they have been…
A new study concludes that the more a discipline is thought to value innate “brilliance” or raw intellectual talent, the more that women in it—and especially women from groups traditionally underrepresented in that discipline—experience impostor syndrome. [Alexandra Exter, “Cirque”] Inside…
Sarah Lewis’s paper ‘Groundwork: Race and Aesthetics in the era of Stand Your Ground Law’ is a beautifully written, original, and penetrating paper that reflects on the concept of ‘grounding’ as it considers a range of works of art that…
Thanks to an army of creators who are passionate about handmade goods, maker culture is alive and well — which is why 3D printers are now more popular than ever. I first became interested in 3D printing a few years…