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Fifteen Questions: Gaia Bencini on Egyptology, Hieroglyphics, and ‘Dreaming the Sphinx’

By Sam E. Weil

Fifteen Questions: Arthur Brooks on Barcelona, Baldness, and the Science of Happiness

After Historic Olympic Gold, Lauren Scruggs is Giving Back

Fifteen Questions: Finale Doshi-Velez on AI Decision Making, Novel Writing and Unicorns

Fifteen Questions: Spencer Weinreich on Solitary Confinement, Religious Violence, and Quizbowl Grooming

Fifteen Questions: Bruce H. Mann on Legal History, Studying Debt, and Owning Golden Retrievers

Zoë Hitzig is Generative and Intelligent. Is She Artificial?

Much like a large language model, the Zoë Hitzig available by Google search is so prolifically published that she seems capable of writing something about anything — from poetry to economics to philosophy — almost instantaneously.

Vera Mironova: A Scholar at the Frontlines of War

Mironova’s work takes her to the center of war. A scholar of armed conflict, she has embedded with military units around the world, including in Iraq and Ukraine.

Fifteen Questions during the Solar Eclipse: Maya Jasanoff on the British Empire, Joseph Conrad, and Judging The Booker Prize

The history professor talked with Fifteen Minutes during the solar eclipse about being in a family of academics, postcolonial literature, and reading.

Exploring Neurospirituality with Michael Ferguson

To Michael Ferguson, contemplating spirituality in both the chapel and the laboratory makes his experience of religion more rich.