Mar
02
Decline and Fall Free: Purge Night
Anakin Skywalker falls, leading us to ask: what does it really take to commit an atrocity?
18 min read
Asher Elbein
Mar
02
Decline and Fall: The Turning Point
Revenge of the Sith ends. We contemplate the nature of coups, purges, and what it actually means to fall.
51 min read
Feb
17
Inaugurating the Cabinet of Curiosity
Ape gestures, urban evolution, and virus eaters: Heat Death launches a new science digest.
7 min read
Jan
30
The Ringmasters: An Interview with Josephine Riesman
On wrestling, the post-truth carnival, and the latent fascism of Vince McMahon
19 min read
Dec
16
Decline and Fall Free: The Very Model of a Modern Jedi Master
Obi Wan Kenobi is the consummate Jedi. Is that a good thing?
13 min read
Dec
16
Decline and Fall: Anatomy of a Tragedy
Revenge of the Sith premiers. The Iraq War goes sour. We contemplate legitimacy, interpersonal politics and
magic.
39 min read
Nov
10
I Met A Traveler From An Online Land
What do lost cities and the modern internet have in common?
17 min read
Oct
31
Halloween Heat Death Spooktacular
We were working in the lab, late one night, when our eyes beheld an eerie sight
16 min read
Sep
23
Orc is Man To Orc
What does it take to create an entire race of enemies?
18 min read
Aug
15
The War on Invasive Species Is Making Things Worse: An Interview With Erick Lundgren
On feral ecologies, the failures of invasion biology, and the blurred lines between introduced and native species
30 min read
