Can I get a mulligan?
One of this year’s Nieman Fellows asked me if there were things I […]
Outline of an Unknowable God, question five
In 2010, Britain’s chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, said in response to Hawking and […]
Outline of an Unknowable God, question four
Alyosha, the spiritual Karamazov brother in Dostoevsky’s 1880 novel, receives the following advice: […]
Outline of an Unknowable God, question three
We’re getting pretty close to having built an omniscient mind of our own, […]
Outline of an Unknowable God, question two
Greeks, Romans and Egyptians appealed to gods who were very powerful and whose […]
Outline of an Unknowable God, question one
Do scientific discoveries make known to us the properties of God? I was […]
We can’t get little data right
I just finished interviewing the head of a big insurance plan, who told […]
Discover’s Year in Science issue
Discover magazine just sent me my contributor’s copy to its Year in Science […]
Where today’s nonfiction greats got their start
During my Nieman year (2010-2011) I was surprised to see that there was […]
A return to manufacturing
Nice words from my editor at Technology Review: My story on Corning’s development […]