4 posts tagged ‘Culture / Annals of Inquiry’
Do Insects Feel Pain?
The New Yorker,
Insects make up about forty per cent of living species, and we tend to kill them without pause. New research explores the possibility that they are sentient.
An Economics Lesson from Tolstoy
The Russian novelist believed that the dismal science was inescapably suffused with morality and politics.
How Much of the World Is It Possible to Model?
Mathematical models power our civilization—but they have limits.
The Man Who Invented Fifteen Hundred Necktie Knots
For tie aficionados, knots are an art form—and a surprisingly difficult math problem.