Rebecca Coffey

Rebecca Coffey

Rebecca Coffey is a science and culture journalist (Scientific American, Discover Magazine, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Vermont Public Radio, PsychologyToday.com, the book Unspeakable Truths and Happy Endings, and the essay collection Science and Lust). She is also a humorist (the book Nietzsche’s Angel Food Cake: And Other Recipes for the Intellectually Famished) and a novelist (Hysterical: Anna Freud’s Story). More info is at RebeccaCoffey.com.

Emma and Charles Darwin

Natural Science

Darwin in Love

Charles Darwin, who of all people should have known better, married his first cousin. Did his love for Emma color his later works?

Editors' Picks

Doing Math with Intellectual Humility

Math class is an opportunity to teach students both how to use conjecture to arrive at knowledge and how to learn from the logic of peers.

Willie Mae Thornton Deserves Your Full Attention

In a meditative new biography, DJ and scholar Lynnée Denise examines the mysteries and trials in the life of the legendary performer.

Politics & History

The Fourteenth Amendment: Annotated

Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution addresses citizenship rights, due process, and equal protection under the law.

Education & Society

Class Production

A collection of high school yearbooks from Cleveland captures the rise, fall, and uncertain future of the American middle class.

Education & Society

Intellectual Humility: Foundations and Key Concepts

Research about intellectual humility has exploded in the past decade. Psychologist Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso offers an annotated bibliography of key texts.