Benjamin Cassidy

Benjamin Cassidy is a New England-based journalist whose work has appeared in Scientific American, National Geographic, Nautilus, and Smithsonian, among other publications.

Photomicrograph image of pyrrhotite under a reflected light ore microscope

Natural Science

Home Foundations Are Crumbling. This Mineral Is to Blame.

Pyrrhotite causes cracks in concrete. But research on how widespread the issue might be has only scratched the surface.

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Arts & Culture

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

In 1971, two legends of Black letters discussed Black manhood, white racism, the role of the writer, and the responsibility to teach.

Science & Technology

Can We Build a Better Facebook?

Is it time to turn our back on Facebook? And if so, what social network could possibly replace it?

Science & Technology

The Anatomists of Ancient Alexandria

Cultural forces under the Ptolemaic dynasty briefly allowed scholars like Herophilus to practice dissection—and possibly vivisection—on human subjects.

Politics & History

The Genocide Before the Shoah

For a century, Jews in Turkey have maintained a strategic silence when it comes to recognizing the Armenian genocide. Could that be changing?

Politics & History

Wilhelm Reich: Twice Burned

A psychoanalyst and physician, Reich fled the Nazis only to be detained by the US as an “enemy alien” during World War II. And then came the sexual revolution.

Benjamin Cassidy

Home Foundations Are Crumbling. This Mineral Is to Blame.

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