Aug
18
How To Cook A Mammoth
A new paper suggests that fire helped kill off Los Angeles' megabseasts. Humans might have lit the match.
17 min read
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Jul
27
One Trillion Fires
Science writer John Vaillant tells us why we're thinking of fossil fuels all wrong
27 min read
May
05
Are We Wrong About the American Horse?
New findings push back the origins of American horse culture. The secret? Knowing what questions to ask.
25 min read
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
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
25
Festival of Fires
Difficult heroes, failed rebellions, and how to rebuild a religion
20 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
