There's a new Annals of Science at McSweeneys, which is actually about technology -- internets, trains -- and as such as much about history and philosophy of science and technology as just science straight-up. Although, I'm of the mind that there is no such thing as "science straight up." And I think the piece is more about space and time, to which, who doesn't love space and time?
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