Longform

  • Home
  • Best Articles
  • Podcast
  • Sections
    • Arts
    • Business
    • Crime
    • History
    • Politics
    • Science
    • Sex
    • Sports
    • Tech
    • World
    • All Sections
  • Collections
  • Reprints
  • Random Article
  • Lists

    • Best of 2019
    • Best of 2018
    • Best of 2017
    • Best of 2016
    • Best of 2015
    • Best of 2014
    • Best of 2013
    • Best of 2012
  • Archive

    • Publications
    • Writers
    • Tags
  • More

    • Newsletter
    • Suggest Article
    • About
    • Contact
    • Advertise
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • RSS Feed

Get our Newsletter

Great articles, every Saturday.

Publications

Popular Science

Tech

Better Living Through Curiosity

A profile of Amar Bose, founder of the Bose Corporation.

Tom Clynes Popular Science Dec 2004 15min Permalink

Science

Why Doctors Can't Give You LSD (But Maybe They Should)

On the renaissance in psychedelic research.

Shaunacy Ferro Popular Science Apr 2013 10min Permalink

Science

When Brain Damage Unlocks the Genius Within

The science of acquired savant syndrome.

Adam Piore Popular Science Feb 2013 15min Permalink

Where Will The Next Pandemic Come From? And How Can We Stop It?

On the origins of outbreaks.

David Quammen Popular Science Oct 2012 20min Permalink

Science

The Battle Over Climate Science

Inside the increasingly hostile global warming debate.

Tom Clynes Popular Science Jun 2012 20min Permalink

Guess What's Cooking in the Garage

On the rise of DIY genetic engineering.

Jack Hitt Popular Science May 2012 20min Permalink

The Boy Who Played With Fusion

A profile of Taylor Wilson, who achieved nuclear fusion at age 14.

Tom Clynes Popular Science Feb 2012 20min Permalink