This impossibly thin fabric could cool you down by sixteen-plus degrees ~tech Article 680 words, published Jun 19 2024 19 votes
This Miami luxury condo is burying crystals in its building foundation to create good ‘vibes’ ~design architecture Article 706 words 20 votes
The US is having a rail travel renaissance, but you probably didn’t notice ~transport Article 27 votes
Meet Dot, an AI companion designed by an Apple alum, here to help you live your best life ~tech Article 22 votes
How deep-sea mining for EV materials could wipe out tuna populations ~enviro pollution Article 9 votes
Patagonia helps Samsung redesign washing machines to help reduce microfiber pollution ~enviro pollution.water plastics.micro Article 46 votes
The Museum of Failure’s latest exhibition is an epic portrait of failures big and small—from the Ford Edsel, to CNN+ ~design Article 4 votes
Breakdancing will debut at the Summer Olympics in Paris next year. These guys designed a system to score it. ~sports Article 6 votes
Utrecht wants to be the first city to use its electric car fleet as a giant battery ~enviro Article 8 votes
How holograms, deepfakes, and AR are raising the dead ~tech Article 2271 words, published May 5 2021 6 votes
Bakersfield, California just ended chronic homelessness ~life Article 650 words, published Jan 6 2021 11 votes
RAND study uncovers massive income shift to the top 1% - The median worker should be making as much as $102,000 annually—if some $2.5 trillion wasn’t being “reverse distributed” every year ~finance economics Article 1424 words 33 votes
Inside Roblox's war on porn - The game platform is extremely popular with children, and the company is waging an endless fight against "condo games": explicit, often sex-themed user creations ~games Article 4441 words 19 votes
Vermont first state to implement a statewide ban on food waste ~enviro Article 803 words, published Jul 6 2020 10 votes
I joined Parler, the right-wing echo chamber’s new favorite alt-Twitter ~tech social media Article 1258 words 27 votes
SpaceX’s Dragon launch ushers in a new era for Americans in space ~space rocketry Article 525 words, published May 27 2020 13 votes
Cirque du Soleil has stopped all shows and laid off 95% of all employees, but remains optimistic that it can recover once the pandemic ends ~arts theatre art.performance Article 1907 words 9 votes
Why six hours of sleep is as bad as none at all ~health Article 970 words, published Mar 7 2016 5 votes
This simple crib cost $28,885 to make—because it was made with zero fossil fuels ~enviro climate change energy.renewable Article 600 words 13 votes
UrbanFootprint: A SimCity-like tool that lets urban planners see the potential impact of their ideas ~tech Article 1353 words, published Apr 11 2018 6 votes
How Helsinki is using a big cash prize to find a sustainable solution to heating the city ~enviro sustainability Article 803 words 4 votes
AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today. ~tech internet Article 1995 words, published Dec 10 2019 16 votes
Rwanda's Mara X, Z are the first smartphones made fully in Africa ~tech smartphones android Article 352 words 16 votes
How googly eyes solved one of today’s trickiest UX problems ~tech Article 988 words, published Aug 27 2019 10 votes
Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system ~tech privacy Article 1524 words 13 votes
Tech billionaires haven’t killed Burning Man’s anti-capitalist spirit—but influencers might ~misc Article 3402 words 6 votes
Orwell knew: We willingly buy the screens that are used against us ~books Article 1141 words, published Jul 26 2018 10 votes
How a new logo saved the city of Oslo $5 million a year ~design typography Article 546 words, published Jun 28 2019 8 votes
I couldn’t tell this delicious lab-grown ice cream didn’t come from a cow ~food Article 490 words, published Jul 11 2019 7 votes
The Green New Deal wants farmers to restore the land, not keep wrecking it ~enviro Article 3217 words 4 votes
The Green New Deal wants farmers to restore the land, not keep wrecking it ~enviro Article 3217 words 11 votes
Blind reverence for the US Constitution—on the left and right—is tearing us apart ~society politics Article 2257 words 8 votes
If only experienced cyclists feel safe in a bike lane, then is it a bike lane at all? In Vancouver, a shift to “AAA” (all ages and abilities) bike lanes ~design urban planning Article 1428 words 15 votes
The birth of the electronic beep, the most ubiquitous sound design in the world ~misc Article 851 words 10 votes
Finally, US child data privacy could get much-needed reform in new bill ~tech privacy Article 939 words 6 votes
Schools are using software to help pick who gets in. What could go wrong? ~humanities education.higher Article 2525 words 7 votes
It’s time to stop referring to maternity leave as “generous” ~life parenting work Article 596 words 10 votes
Community solar is an excellent way to create energy equity–if it’s done right ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1144 words 4 votes
“I refuse to have a terrible death”: The rise of the death wellness movement ~health Article 2218 words 12 votes