Gah, what? Over the next five years a 570 million pixel camera will document approximately 300 million galaxies in pursuit of “the nature of dark energy.”

Gideon Lewis-Kraus on the newest DFW essay collection, Both Flesh and Not, for Bookforum.

Ta-Nehisi Coates would like to give you a quick introduction to Nina Simone.

Jayson Greene took in Einstein on the Beach at BAM.

Justin Davidson has a few things to say about John Cage.

Vol. 1’s own Jen Vafidis wrote about why NASA is really interested in this one Canadian lake.

Sherlock Holmes fans are weird.

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