A. D. Jameson on how the nerds finally won

Zayd Ayers Dohrn on growing up on the run and in his parents’ revolutionary shadow

Jamie Loftus on the wild American world of hot dogs

Kate Davis gives advice on secondhand scores

Peter Jones on what medieval psychology can do for you

Kory Stamper on the weird ways we define color

James H. McCommons on the first American efforts to save the birds

Jordy Rosenberg on his new novel, Night Night Fawn

Stefanos Geroulanos on how the deep past is used for political ends