August Wilhelm News Today

This article will be released in full online February 5, 2023. Drawing on writings, historical accounts, and personal letters, Kaan Kangal surveys the…

(1) FUTURE TENSE. The December 2023 entry in the Future Tense Fiction series is “Rigland,” by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. The story is about oil rigs and what we owe to our communities. It was published along with a response essay by journalist Mia Armstrong-López: "What if Oil Platforms Belonged to the People Who Worked on Them?". …When

The Victorian era was not as dusty and monochrome as we think; a new exhibition and a pan-European project, Chromotope, explores a wave of chemical breakthroughs that brought colour to the people

The origin of the chemical term mole explained.

The year's essential fiction and nonfiction, chosen by New Statesman writers and editors.

The year's essential fiction and nonfiction, chosen by New Statesman writers and editors.

Reviews of the year’s notable new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

“Magnificent Rebels”, by Andrea Wulf (Alfred A. Knopf, 495 pp, $35) by Bondo Wyszpolski I suppose not many people in this country have heard of Jena…

A number of awards of distinction were presented during The VEINS (Venous Endovascular INterventional Strategies) 2022 Conference Oct. 30-31, and the VIVA22, Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Las Vegas, NV, recognizing specialists in endovascular medicine.

At its peak in the eighteenth century, Jena in Germany may have had a higher concentration of geniuses than Renaissance Florence or ancient Athens—and plenty of drama.