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

    To Board a Cruise Ship–and Never Get Off Meet the retirees who never stop moving.

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

    Chasing Virality Brought Us Fake News, Now Everything’s on Fire By uncritically embedding itself into social networks, did the media actually usher in the era of fake news?

    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?

    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?

    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

    Disability Futures

    We can’t think about the future-of health, of technology, of community-without centering disability; it cuts across every other kind of experience. Disability is central to all of our lives.
    Kenny Fries
    Apr 30, 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.

    Afrofuturism and Outsider Tech

    Afrofuturists, like hackers, get their strength from working and innovating outside traditional institutions.
    Florence Okoye
    Feb 2, 2016 4 min read

    Hi, Can I Help You?

    Domestic robots can be creepy–but what if they were more like pets?
    Susan Cox-Smith
    Oct 30, 2015 4 min read

    Ship Your Package With Pellets Made Of Fungi

    Packing material made from mushrooms is better that styrofoam–and not just because it’s biodegradeable.
    Rachel Nuwer
    Oct 22, 2014 2 min read