The Most Subversive Way to Travel Perhaps the humble bicycle, a transportation mode that puts people in contact with one another and gives them back that control they seem to crave, offers a unique opportunity to remake those realities for the better.

    How We Got To: The Smart Fridge From Francis Bacon to the Large Hadron Collider.

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

    The Power of Play: A Reading List A crash course on how fun and leisure can change the world

    Scientists Like Me Are Studying Your Tweets–Are You OK With That? As researchers, we have a responsibility to acknowledge that factors like the type of data, the creator of that data, and our intended use for the data are important when it comes to using public information.

    Disability Futures

    We can’t think about the future-of health, of technology, of community-without centering disability; it cuts across every other kind of experience. Disability is central to all of our lives.
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    Postcards From a Supply Chain

    A series that traces consumer goods back through the global shipping system to their source.
    Dan Williams
    Jan 21, 2015

    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.

    Amateur Rocketeers Are Keeping the Space Age Spirit Alive

    Around the world, a community of amateurs is designing, building, and launching their own rockets into space.
    Ian Steadman
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    Five Innovation Podcasts Worth Putting Into Your Ears

    Want to know how innovations are changing the world?
    Alice Bell
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    A wall mural of a dense wood, painted on the side of a brick building. A man stands in front of it, admiring it.

    Transforming London into a Giant Park

    By connecting the idea of a national park and a city, might we productively transform how we see both?
    Alice Bell
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