Jacob Brogan
Washington Post
Washington, DC, United States
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Nobel Prize in literature awarded to Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize for literature. → Read More
This luxury menswear brand has an unlikely home base: a Virginia garage
How one fashion designer spreads his cultish, unusual retail brand, Wolf vs Goat. → Read More
Measuring the world can render us helpless — or show us how to help
When we use data to quantify others, we realize how small we are. But it also teaches us that we never act alone. → Read More
Working in academia means living in crisis — and experiencing the sublime
At the Modern Language Association convention, scholars are still pursuing careers in the humanities, despite the ever-worsening odds against them. → Read More
Dogs live in a human-dominated world. And that’s just fine with them.
Most of the available research indicates that dogs do engage in behaviors of dominance and submission. But many dog researchers reject the premise that responsible ownership means showing them who’s boss. → Read More
The adaptations we’ll keep when the pandemic ends
The pandemic made us change our lives. Here are 11 ways we won’t change back. → Read More
Book review of Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer
Scientists don’t actually agree on what’s alive and what’s not, Carl Zimmer explains. → Read More
The strangest thing about the pandemic is that it isn’t strange anymore
We have accustomed ourselves to the reality that we will be able to live better, but not quite as well as we once did. → Read More
Every pandemic-themed TV commercial is an empty advertisement for advertising
The coronavirus as seen through the lens of the covid commercial is essentially unreal. → Read More
Go ahead and microwave fish, and other office lunch etiquette you should ignore
Instead of living in fear of office puritans, aim to delight them with your lunch — and make them jealous. → Read More
Book review of How to Love the Universe: A Scientist’s Odes to the Hidden Beauty Behind the Visible World By Stefan Klein
Stefan Klein writes that scientific discoveries lead to ever-weirder enigmas. → Read More
A Weather App Glitch Made it Look Like the World Was Ending
Dark Sky is supposed to be "hyper-accurate," but these forecasts were... something else. → Read More
The Real Reasons You Shouldn't Clone Your Dog
It’s easy to understand why someone would want to. It's harder to justify the actual cloning process, both ethically and scientifically → Read More
Trawling the Depths of Blue Planet II With Slate’s Science Writers
The sea cucumbers are still haunting us. → Read More
Google Invented a Cool New System for Mapping the World
It’s a neat idea, but we have some concerns. → Read More
Steven Seagal Endorsed a Dodgy Cryptocurrency. Now It’s in Legal Trouble.
New Jersey is Out for Justice and no one is Above the Law. → Read More
The Bachelor Finale Inspired a Brutal Editing War on Wikipedia
Vandalizing the encyclopedia is never right, but sometimes it feels good. → Read More
The 2018 Cartoonist Studio Prize Shortlists
Check out some of these exciting, and often experimental, comics. → Read More
What Would It Be Like to Live 15 Times Longer Than the Average Human?
Description: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, reviewed. → Read More
Could Smarter Space Suits Help Astronauts Stave Off Depression?
This project might have implications for the way we live here on earth, too. → Read More