Sartorial: A Reading List A crash course in how science and technology is changing how we express ourselves through style.

    Beats: Space Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    The Roots of an Epidemic From apartheid labor policies to everyday sexism, socio-political issues influence the spread of TB disease and the effectiveness of health responses. To tackle the epidemic, we need systemic changes.

    To Board a Cruise Ship–and Never Get Off Meet the retirees who never stop moving.

    The Aesthetics of Feeling Safe Rape is added to the lengthy list of the things a woman should keep in mind before going out, in addition to skin oil and bra lines and the effect that gravity can have on our hair.

    Red Planet: How We’ll Govern Mars Technical and engineering obstacles are solvable when it comes to interplanetary colonization–the real challenge is governance.

    Fowl Plague

    Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
    Duncan Geere
    Aug 4, 2017

    Isla del Encanto

    Puerto Ricans have always found opportunity in the limits placed upon them. Exploring the island’s agricultural future–from community gardens to research hubs, bakers to growers to distillers.
    Alicia Kennedy
    Apr 16, 2019

    The ID Question

    Who decides who you are? You, or the world around you?
    Anjali Ramachandran
    Nov 22, 2017

    Beats: Space

    Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    Beats: Food

    Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

    Beats: Disability

    “Disable” is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an individual body’s physical reality.

    Beats: Health

    Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

    Instructions Not Included: How Usability Made the User Guide Redundant

    The death of the instruction manual has long been on the cards.
    Ken Banks
    Sep 2, 2014 1 min read

    All About the Skateboard in Addis Ababa

    Innovative ways to get boards into the hands of Ethiopa’s skate community.
    Alexander Sehmer
    Nov 21, 2014 2 min read

    Por qué deberíamos comer medusa para salvar los océanos

    Alimentar al mundo y terminar con las invasiones de medusas es posible, si nos acostumbramos a su sabor.
    Martin Etchegaray
    Sep 27, 2018 11 min read