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

    Does Siri Believe in God? A theological guide to chatbots and the world’s major religions.

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

    Where We Live and How We Die What a year of death looks like around the world.

    The Boundaries of Artificial Emotional Intelligence If our virtual assistants and emotional laborers are all turning out to be soothing, female-voiced AI, will it close certain gaps for human women? Or will it ratify them?

    Your Classroom Is Making You Fail Almost everyt traditional classroom design makes it harder to learn–yet the fixes are often simple.

    Isla del Encanto

    Puerto Ricans have always found opportunity in the limits placed upon them. Exploring the island’s agricultural future–from community gardens to research hubs, bakers to growers to distillers.
    Alicia Kennedy
    Apr 16, 2019
    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

    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

    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.

    Drones Are Tracking the Spread of Malaria

    Changes in land use can cause unpredictable changes to how disease spread–until now.
    Azeen Ghorayshi
    Nov 5, 2014 2 min read
    Clouds reflected in the windows of an office.

    The $25 Chemical Scanner That Runs Off Cell Networks

    One smart device that can carry out an extraordinary range of tests.
    Charles Q. Choi
    Nov 4, 2014 1 min read

    Solving Medical Mysteries Through Crowdsourcing

    It’s no WebMD–it’s better.
    Rachel Nuwer
    Oct 10, 2014 2 min read