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The Nature of the Fun: David Foster Wallace on Why Writers Write

The Nature of the Fun: David Foster Wallace on Why Writers Write

“Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.”

The Beatles Perform Shakespeare in Color, 1964

The Beatles Perform Shakespeare in Color, 1964

The Fab Four take on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

The Half-Life of Facts: Dissecting the Predictable Patterns of How Knowledge Grows

The Half-Life of Facts: Dissecting the Predictable Patterns of How Knowledge Grows

“No one learns something new and then holds it entirely independent of what they already know. We incorporate it into the little edifice of personal knowledge that we have been creating in our minds our entire lives.”

Scientists and Philosophers Answer Kids’ Most Pressing Questions About How the World Works

Scientists and Philosophers Answer Kids’ Most Pressing Questions About How the World Works

Why we fall in love, what we’re all made of, how dreams work, and more deceptively simple mysteries of living.

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