Science

Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time

The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one.

Lawrence M. Krauss

18 Sep 2023 · 9 min read

Academia’s Missing Men

Men are disappearing from science and academia. The public perception is, however, exactly the opposite.

Lawrence M. Krauss

11 Sep 2023 · 9 min read

Campus Puritans Come for an Astronomer—And His Byline

By demanding that morality tests be imposed on scientific journal authorship, Geoff Marcy’s critics are creating a dangerous precedent.

Lawrence M. Krauss

25 May 2023 · 12 min read

Svante Pääbo and the Human Story

Not so long ago, he taught us, there were at least three distinct hominin lineages roaming large parts of the planet.

The Quillette Editorial Board

6 Oct 2022 · 3 min read

Science and Civil Liberties: The Lost ACLU Lecture of Carl Sagan

Around 1987, Sagan gave an uncannily prescient lecture to the Illinois state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Steven Pinker and Harvey Silverglate

1 Jul 2022 · 14 min read

When Animals Shed Their Wings

Worker ants can sprout wings—but don’t. Ant and termite queens destroy theirs after mating. Many island birds evolve into flightlessness. Can evolution explain why?

Richard Dawkins

5 May 2022 · 7 min read

An Astronomer Cancels His Own Research—Because the Results Weren’t Popular

Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time

Academia’s Missing Men

Campus Puritans Come for an Astronomer—And His Byline

Svante Pääbo and the Human Story

Science and Civil Liberties: The Lost ACLU Lecture of Carl Sagan

When Animals Shed Their Wings

An Astronomer Cancels His Own Research—Because the Results Weren’t Popular

Who Will Save Us From Racist AI?

Whatever It Is, It Ain’t Aliens

Looking for COVID-19 ‘Miracle Drugs’? We Already Have Them. They’re Called Vaccines

Mate Selection for Modernity

Standing Up to the Gender Ideologues: a Quillette Editorial

The Sperm Count Culture War

The Importance of Understanding the Nonspecific Effects of Vaccines

Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time

Academia’s Missing Men

Campus Puritans Come for an Astronomer—And His Byline

Svante Pääbo and the Human Story

Science and Civil Liberties: The Lost ACLU Lecture of Carl Sagan

When Animals Shed Their Wings

An Astronomer Cancels His Own Research—Because the Results Weren’t Popular

As US Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World’s STEM Leader

Who Will Save Us From Racist AI?

Whatever It Is, It Ain’t Aliens

Looking for COVID-19 ‘Miracle Drugs’? We Already Have Them. They’re Called Vaccines

Mate Selection for Modernity

Standing Up to the Gender Ideologues: a Quillette Editorial

The Sperm Count Culture War

The Importance of Understanding the Nonspecific Effects of Vaccines