Fall 2021
He spent months underwater. Now he wants to save the ocean.
To confront climate change, scientists like Mark Patterson are tapping into surprise, adventure, and wonder.
By Erick Trickey
Bringing new faces to hockey
The NHL's vice president of social impact talks about leadership, representation in hockey, and what it feels like to ride a Zamboni.
Words got us into the anti-vaccine crisis. Here’s how they’ll get us out.
Researchers are studying ways to keep misinformation from spreading, from exposing ‘data voids’ to minding sentence structure.
By Schuyler Velasco
Can ambient music make you more productive? This company thinks so.
At Brain.fm, human composers and AI collaborate on instrumental music.
By Jim Sullivan
A historian maps the traces of a bygone industry
By Erick Trickey
This German neighborhood has everything. Except cars.
In Vauban, ultra-low speed limits and hefty fees have made driving almost obsolete. Residents like it that way.
By Stav Dimitropoulos
Photos by Sandra WellerI failed to trick the adbots. Here’s what I learned.
By Glenn McDonald
I folded origami at a virtual conference. It was way more fun than it sounds.
By Ezra Haber Glenn
What do you want to dream about? Soon, you may be able to choose.
By Hannah Thomasy
One of Japan’s most beloved pop stars is a hologram
By Tony Rehagen
Stargazers fight to save the dazzling dark
By Tracy Staedter
