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Winter 2026
Making the Invisible Visible
Drawing on nearly a decade of research, Diane M. Tober situates egg donors at the center of a sprawling, ethically thorny, and economically complex system. The result is one of the most detailed portraits yet of the hidden labor sustaining assisted reproduction. -
Spring 2026
Merton Redux: Re-Confronting the Norms of Science in Democracy
Although public attention is focused on the federal government’s efforts to slash funding for scientific research, the decimation of the democratic institutional processes that undergird state-sponsored scientific research is far more consequential. -
May 29, 2026
Golden Rule
In an alternative legal system built on the concept of “an eye for an eye,” if you commit a crime, your punishment is that someday a network of state agents will perpetrate the same crime against you. These ministers, themselves survivors of violence, follow the principle of “commensurate severity.” When one such minister is assigned to a kidnapping case, she’s forced to determine what justice really looks like. -
March 27, 2026
The Pocket Box™
What happens when a technology moves from groundbreaking scientific discovery to mass consumer product? Gunnar Anderson’s story explores a mysterious new discovery that breaks the bounds of physics as we once understood them. But quickly, scientific awe morphs into commercial prospecting—with little regulation and horrifying consequences. -
May 7, 2024
To Fix Health Misinformation, Think Beyond Fact Checking
When tackling the problem of misinformation, people often think first of content and its accuracy. But contering misinformation by fact-checking every erroneous or misleading claim traps organizations in an endless game of… Read More
