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

    The Roots of an Epidemic From apartheid labor policies to everyday sexism, socio-political issues influence the spread of TB disease and the effectiveness of health responses. To tackle the epidemic, we need systemic changes.

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

    Was Gamification a Terrible Lie? Turning work into play was sold as a miracle for increasing productivity–but was that ever really plausible?

    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?

    How We Got To: The Smart Fridge From Francis Bacon to the Large Hadron Collider.

    Fowl Plague

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

    A Visual History of the Future

    Decades ago, artists’ imaginings formed high expectations about the world to come. Were these just fantasies–or was it the work of pioneers whose visions of the future actually helped to shape it?
    Darren Garrett
    May 30, 2018

    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.

    Is the Future of 3D Printing Recycled Plastic Bottles?

    You can’t make something from nothing.
    Alexander Sehmer
    Mar 9, 2015 2 min read

    Climate Change Will Bring Forest Fires into Europe’s Biggest Cities

    Major European cities like Madrid could soon be facing a new existential threat.
    Emily von Hoffmann
    Apr 28, 2016 5 min read

    Toronto’s Sports Teams Are Hyperreal

    Or, why sports entertainment is the most valuable–and most mediated–entertainment of our time.
    Corin Faife
    Jul 22, 2016 6 min read