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Small Latin and Less Greek
Grobalization
June 13, 2019

Small Latin and Less Greek

The scientific names of plants are given in Latin, a language spoken by no one. This could be one explanation for the common phenomenon of plant blindness in humans.

Trop Picks: Orientalist Science
The Jungle
April 2, 2017

Trop Picks: Orientalist Science

The line between scientific and unscientific thinking is finer than we think.

A Primer for Scientists: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Grobalization
February 25, 2017

A Primer for Scientists: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Is it even possible to spread a set of norms widely, but still maintain your status as the arbiter of those norms?

Lessons from an Earlier Global Age
Grobalization
January 16, 2017

Lessons from an Earlier Global Age

The last global age was the Golden Age of Islam. So why aren’t our intellectuals scouring it for clues about what lies ahead for us?

Stick-it-to-the-Man Rice
The Jungle
December 11, 2016

Stick-it-to-the-Man Rice

Here in Banaue, deep in the heart of the Cordilleras mountain range in the Philippines, civilization seems very far away, and it is intentionally…

The Scientific Indian
Immaterial Culture
November 5, 2016

The Scientific Indian

In the year 1887, Srinivas Ramanujan was born in the temple town of Kumbakonam, the last redoubt of orthodox Brahminism against the onslaught of…

Can Traditional Medicine become Biomedical Science?
Material Culture
October 8, 2016

Can Traditional Medicine become Biomedical Science?

How does a traditional healing system transform itself into a scientific one? It is a worthwhile endeavor, assuming of course, that you don’t believe…

An Islamic Environmentalism
Immaterial Culture
October 8, 2016

An Islamic Environmentalism

“A group of men set out to collect the fruits of a garden, but before doing so, they failed to acknowledge that their labors…

Must English Be the Language of Science?
Immaterial Culture
February 1, 2017

Must English Be the Language of Science?

If we want to spread secular and scientific thought, we need better and more translations of scientific ideas into the vernacular.

I Wish I Could Fight Disease in the Most Unscientific Way Possible
Material Culture
June 18, 2015

I Wish I Could Fight Disease in the Most Unscientific Way Possible

Seriously, am I the only one who sometimes feels like science has made everything more boring?

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