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

    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.

    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.

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

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

    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

    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.
    Kenny Fries
    Apr 30, 2019

    Fowl Plague

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

    $100 Million Probably Isn’t Enough To Find Aliens, But Here’s Why It’s Still Worth Looking

    Sometimes the most important scientific discoveries aren’t the ones that were intended.
    Duncan Geere
    Jul 22, 2015 2 min read

    Where We Live and How We Die

    What a year of death looks like around the world.
    Mimi Onuoha
    Jun 30, 2016 6 min read

    I Tried to Green My Apartment by Learning From the Weed-Growing Community

    Doesn’t every city dweller deserve somewhere to grow their own food, even if it’s just a bucket?
    Leigh Alexander
    Apr 20, 2016 11 min read