Beats: Space Space is where we project our dreams–and our nightmares–of the future.

    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.

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

    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?

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

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

    Disability Futures

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    Kenny Fries
    Apr 30, 2019

    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

    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

    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.

    Bots Will Choose Your Music in 2030

    The new ubiquity of streaming–from the cloud to your head.
    David Emery
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    Sometimes, Hacking the Climate Is a Good Idea

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    Duncan Geere
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    How Bots Were Born From Spam

    The earliest attempts at chatbots were designed to capture user attention on the early web.
    John Ohno
    May 6, 2016 6 min read