Asher Elbein

Asher Elbein

Jul
31
We're All Jocks, Jamming

We're All Jocks, Jamming

How did sports and music get so inexorably entangled?
13 min read
Jul
22
Alien Minds

Alien Minds

Was Nope’s antagonist really a monster?
15 min read
Jul
16
Under the Red Hood: A conversation with Gretchen Felker Martin

Under the Red Hood: A conversation with Gretchen Felker Martin

Gretchen Felker Martin on Jason Todd, working in corporate IP, and the gun-men of superhero comics
17 min read
Jul
02
The Soul In The Machine

The Soul In The Machine

On R.U.R and the forgotten origin of the word "robot."
12 min read
Jun
26
Dug Up Treasures

Dug Up Treasures

Fast times and paleontological headaches from the archives of the Texas WPA
19 min read
Jun
17
The Feminist's Salmon

The Feminist's Salmon

An excerpt from Feminism In The Wild on what it means to queer the animals -- and why doing so is just good science
16 min read
Nov
09

A Very Heat Death Election

13 min read
Aug
23
The Endangered 'Real American'

The Endangered 'Real American'

In search of our country's most notorious cryptid
9 min read
Jun
27
Fish are smart. Why do we eat them?

Fish are smart. Why do we eat them?

12 min read
Feb
14
Return of the Cabinet of Curiosity

Return of the Cabinet of Curiosity

Conquering ants reshape an ecosystem. Turtles downsize. The necessity of (certain) reproductive infections.
9 min read