Requiring people to get their shots can stop Covid-19, but those rules have to be doable…
Author: Adam Rogers
Would It Be Fair to Treat Vaccinated Covid Patients First?
Last week, Texas health care policymakers discussed taking vaccination status into account for Covid triage. It’s…
Smart Cities, Bad Metaphors, and a Better Urban Future
Shannon Mattern's new book 'A City Is Not a Computer' digs into the data, dashboards, and…
The Weird, Sustainable ***** of the Future Tastes … Good?
Small distilleries like Empirical Spirits are working on uncategorizable drinks made of stuff like plum pits,…
The Olympics Could Be a Covid-19 ‘Super-Evolutionary Event’
In a warped version of international cooperation, the Games could provide a place for variants of…
The Miami Tower Collapse and Humanity’s Fight for the Future
From the fallen Champlain Tower to climate change, humans haven’t yet learned to avoid catastrophes they…
Ranked Choice Voting Reveals the Weird Math of Elections
The New York City mayoral race could show whether a new way of measuring voter desires…
The Best Made-Up Worlds Are Made Up of Real Parts
Helene Wecker’s The Hidden Palace brings magic to 20th century Manhattan. Turns out that’s easier than…
Wait, Vaccine Lotteries Actually Work?
Ooh, the behavioral economists are going to be so smug about this.
The Covid Lab Leak Theory Is a Tale of Weaponized Uncertainty
Scientists almost never say they’re sure, and it could take years to pin down the pandemic's…