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Hollywood’s Digital Worlds Head Deeper Into the Uncanny Valley

Cinematic visual effects are currently in a Renaissance moment. But often this impressive technology is deployed not because it is narratively...
Morgan Leigh Davies
Nov 16, 2018 3 min read

When Space Films Are Just a Vehicle for Patriotism

Outer space has been a backdrop for Western man to define himself since Galileo, who claimed the Earth was of the...
Lou Cornum
Nov 13, 2018 4 min read

Violence Spreads Like A Disease. It Can Be Stopped Like One, Too

The "Cure Violence" model works by "interrupting transmission" of violence-employing street workers to intervene and try to cool down conflicts, preventing...
Samira Shackle
Nov 9, 2018 4 min read
A woman in a shawl is picking up firewood to place into the stove next to her.

The Failed Quest for a Cleaner Cookstove

Charities have assumed for years that giving people better cookstoves would save lives. But there's a problem-people won't use them.
Gayathri Vaidyanathan
Nov 8, 2018 8 min read

How the Worst Blood-Pressure Medication Became the Best Testosterone Blocker

Pharmaceutical companies typically apply for FDA approval of a medication for a specific indication. But though FDA approval means the drug...
Lola Pellegrino
Nov 6, 2018 4 min read

Beats: Health

Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person's pocketbook;...
How We Get To Next
Nov 6, 2018 39 sec read

How Outdated Cars Live On in a Smoggy Afterlife

Guatemala, like many developing countries, has serious air pollution issues driven by an influx of used vehicles from countries with tighter...
Martha Pskowski
Oct 31, 2018 8 min read

Beats: Disability

"Disable" is an active verb, and disability describes the social and environmental barriers that prevent access just as much as an...
How We Get To Next
Oct 30, 2018 37 sec read

The Stories We Tell About Disability

It took an American presidential candidate publicly mocking a reporter with a disability for the topic of disability to enter the...
Kenny Fries
Oct 30, 2018 4 min read

War-Gaming for Peace

Politicians, generals, and NGOs around the world regularly play through "war games." But, increasingly, these games aren't simulating war-they're simulating how...
Paul Dean
Oct 29, 2018 5 min read
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