The Life of Wagner by Ernest Newman — Greatness and Monstrousness in the Same Skin
Few figures in the history of Western art invite such contradictory feelings as Richard Wagner….
The Astronaut Who Returned Older and Younger Simultaneously: Scott Kelly and the Body’s Underground Reckoning With Space
The NASA Twin Study found that 340 days in space rewrote Scott Kelly’s genome, elongated his telomeres, altered his gut microbiome, and shifted his cognition. His twin brother Mark aged normally. What is the self when space rewrites the cells?
Osteria Umbra — 197 Terry Road, Smithtown, New York
Where the Green Heart of Italy Beats on Long Island’s North Shore Just before sunset…
E=mc²: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis — A Review
Five letters and a superscript. No punctuation. No explanation required. Of all the intellectual achievements…
101 Things You Don’t Know About Science and No One Else Does Either by James Trefil — A Book Review
What a scientist doesn’t know is more interesting than what he does. That’s not a…
Bostwick’s Chowder House — 277 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, NY 11937
Two teenagers washing dishes in a now-defunct East Hampton kitchen could not have predicted they…
