For one strange year in the 18th century, flaunting a false pregnancy was all the rage.
Isabel Davis | Jul 14
Writing starts with flow, but it’s sustained by discipline, revision, and grit.
Keith Sawyer | Jul 11
Magic realism may be what we need to break free from design’s overly rational futures.
Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby | Jul 7
Video is the most consequential medium of our time. So why do we still lack the tools to cite, dissect, and challenge it like we do with print?
Peter B. Kaufman | Jul 3
By inviting players to tackle real scientific problems, games can offer a hand in solving medicine’s toughest challenges.
Jeff Yoshimi | Jul 1
Reflections on Harriet Jacobs’s loophole of retreat — and my mother’s personal archive of memories.
Sandra Jackson-Dumont | Jun 27
World Bank pandemic bonds paid out only after death tolls passed a threshold. They’re part of a booming market where investors turn calamity into capital.
Susan Erikson | Jun 23
Our mental and ecological health are linked. Recognizing this interdependence can change how we relate to the world and to ourselves.
Timothy Morton | Jun 20
Road ecology, the scientific study of how road networks impact ecosystems, presents a perfect opportunity for community science projects.
Menno Schilthuizen | Jun 17
How media technologies made themselves at home in one of the most private spaces of modern life.
Rachel Plotnick | Jun 12
“The Satie life contains so much murk; his music sparkles with riverine clarity.”
Ian Penman | Jun 8
The artist's 1973 work invites participants to feel time through heartbeats, breath, and shared awareness.
Claudia Arozqueta | Jun 6
