Batteries Not Excluded The supercomputer in your pocket and your next car rely on them–so what will we do if we run out of lithium?

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

    Let Robots Handle Your Emotional Burnout at Work But as robotics and computing evolve, some researchers foresee a future where technology can relieve the long-held emotional burden of some of these professions. They think we owe it to the service workforce to offer a new frontline of robotic protection. In fact, they think it’s far overdue–but does that actually mean just automating these jobs away?

    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.

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

    The Way We Work: A Reading List A crash course in new developments in employment and labor.

    Breaking the Cycle

    The future of reproductive health in India, from early ideas about population control to on-the-ground interventions happening now, to a world where men and women share contraceptive responsibility.
    Hannah Harris Green
    Sep 26, 2018
    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

    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.

    Serious Games Finally Find Their Fun

    Games often struggle to marry play with purpose–but a new wave of indie titles hits the sweet spot.
    Duncan Jefferies
    Nov 14, 2016 8 min read

    Communities Have Their Say in Post-Hurricane Sandy Redesign

    Competitions for designers who want to repair city infrastructure need buy-in from residents first.
    Ros Donald
    Dec 3, 2014 5 min read

    Your Great-Grandson’s Genetic Privacy

    You might not worry about your genetic information being exposed. But are you willing to make that choice for your descendants?
    Elizabeth Minkel
    May 3, 2018 2 min read