Beats: Food Food structures our day, and food systems shape our world

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

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

    Why You Should Be Eating Jellyfish to Save the Oceans Human disruption of the oceans is killing fish and leaving jellyfish to rule supreme. Could we make amends by adding them to our menus? Are you at least willing to take a bite, and try the taste?

    Scientists Like Me Are Studying Your Tweets–Are You OK With That? As researchers, we have a responsibility to acknowledge that factors like the type of data, the creator of that data, and our intended use for the data are important when it comes to using public information.

    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.

    Fowl Plague

    Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
    Duncan Geere
    Aug 4, 2017

    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

    The ID Question

    Who decides who you are? You, or the world around you?
    Anjali Ramachandran
    Nov 22, 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.

    Cage-Free: Can 3D Printing Move Beyond Sexy Dresses?

    Feminine bodies have long been used in the world of design and fashion to show off new innovations–can 3D printing break the mold?
    Scott Smith
    Mar 12, 2015 2 min read

    Future Nostalgia: What We’ll Miss When the Music Stops

    From the crackle of vinyl to the clipped edges of MP3s, the ways we listen to music influence why we love it.
    Kate Solomon
    Dec 11, 2015 4 min read

    Activism on the Subway Platform

    Activists across the world are leveraging the power of public transit as a place of common reference for the people who ride it.
    Steven Higashide
    Jan 18, 2017 8 min read