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

    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.

    Dreaming Up Inventions for an Afrofuturist World Three magical tools necessary for both liberation and laughter.

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

    How to Dress for Ultimate Privacy In the age of surveillance, achieving invisibility through fashion isn’t a futuristic idea–it’s already possible.

    It’s Time For a New Kind of Power Fantasy Games can–and must–offer different definitions of fantasy, including fantasies of safety and peace.

    Fowl Plague

    Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
    Duncan Geere
    Aug 4, 2017
    A vast stack of containers on a ship

    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 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.
    Paula Akugizibwe
    Apr 11, 2019

    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.

    Snowbot Wars–Can Robots Dig Us Out?

    The yearly Autonomous Snowplow Competition challenges engineers to build giant snow-clearing Roombas.
    Duncan Geere
    Feb 25, 2015 2 min read

    Art Remade for Minecraft

    Mixing videogames and art.
    Duncan Geere
    Dec 17, 2014 2 min read

    Meet the Swimming Robots Measuring the Arctic

    Autonomous underwater drones will measure melting ice for months at a time.
    Mark Harris
    Oct 13, 2014 2 min read