A rare sound recording of the ivory-billed woodpecker became both a touchstone for conservationists and the center of a scientific debate that continues to this day.
Joeri Bruyninckx | Apr 10
Elon Musk's Hyperloop Alpha is another overhyped venture, recycling 200-year-old dreams and exaggerated claims of innovation.
Vaclav Smil | Jan 21
Hawking’s refusal to upgrade his communication system preserved a voice that became iconic, not just for its sound, but for the profound identity it conveyed.
Sarah A. Bell | Dec 24, 2024
The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.
Robert Hassan | Nov 26, 2024
Augmented and virtual reality technologies are deepening the militarization of police forces and infiltrating everyday life.
Ben Egliston & Marcus Carter | Sep 16, 2024
Drawing on a wealth of personal accounts found in magazines, newsletters, and trade journals, historian Kristen Haring provides an inside look at ham radio culture and its impact on hobbyists' lives.
Kristen Haring | Jul 22, 2024
“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”
Adolfo Plasencia | Jul 1, 2024
Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
Karen Bakker | Apr 11, 2024
For a flight to be imperiled by a simple and preventable manufacturing or maintenance error is an anomaly with ominous implications.
John Downer | Feb 28, 2024
On whiling away time before we have to be ourselves online again.
Tung-Hui Hu | Dec 1, 2022
