FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Gerd Gigerenzer’s How to Stay Smart in a Smart World

How to stay in charge in a world populated by algorithms that beat us in chess, find us romantic partners, and tell us to “turn right in 500 yards.”   Technological solutionism is the belief that every societal problem is a “bug” that needs a “fix” through an algorithm. Technological paternalism is its natural consequence,

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MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR: Brenda Wineapple on How the Scopes Trial Speaks to the America of Today

Contributed by Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation, which relates how the dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today—divisions over the meaning of freedom, religion, education, censorship, and civil liberties in a democracy.  Trials are inherently

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Penguin Random House Supports Young Math Minds at National American Regions Mathematics League Competition

Penguin Random House proudly contributed to the American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) this year by donating book prizes to outstanding student participants. Students from Canada, China and South Korea competed in the 2025 ARML competition, which celebrated the league’s 50th year. The books donated are: Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else by Jordan Ellenberg, How

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Ferris Jabr’s Becoming Earth

Acclaimed science writer Ferris Jabr reveals a radical new vision of Earth where lush forests spew water, pollen, and bacteria to summon rain; giant animals engineer the very landscapes they roam; microbes chew rock to shape continents; and microscopic plankton, some as glittering as carved jewels, remake the air and sea. Humans are one of

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Mustafa Suleyman’s The Coming Wave

The Coming Wave is an urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI.     The Containment Problem Revenge Effects Alan

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Paul Hawken’s Carbon

Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the possible demise of civilization. Here, Paul Hawken looks at the flow

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MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR: Dietitian Dalina Soto on the Intersection of Culture and Nutrition

Contributed by Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, author of The Latina Anti-Diet: A Dietitian’s Guide to Authentic Health that Celebrates Culture and Full-Flavor Living. As a registered dietitian, Soto understands the pros and cons of intuitive eating. As a first-generation Dominican American, she’s also seen firsthand how this movement has only catered to a certain

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