The Human Machine
A series about the increasingly blurred lines between us and our machines.
A Noxious Problem
Smog in cities and smoke in the home cause a huge range of short- and long-term health conditions. Why is the world’s biggest public health crisis only getting worse?
A Visual History of the Future
Decades ago, artists’ imaginings formed high expectations about the world to come. Were these just fantasies–or was it the work of pioneers whose visions of the future actually helped to shape it?
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.
WhatsApp Wants You To Stop Sharing Fake Stories
WhatsApp has key differences with platforms like Facebook and Twitter: it is private social media, which makes it harder to study its impact on democracy.
The Web Divided
Will machine translation ever bring us together?