v25n1
This Artist's Designs Aim to Keep Future Humans Away from Nuclear Waste
On today's episode, we talk to Jon Lomberg, a longtime friend, and colleague of Carl Sagan, on protecting future humans from America's atomic past.
The Man Who Helped Design a 10,000-Year Nuclear Waste Site Marker
Astro-artist Jon Lomberg, a longtime friend and colleague of Carl Sagan, on protecting future humans from America’s atomic past.
Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work in a Postindustrial Canadian City
In Hamilton, Ontario, a basic income pilot is improving individual lives—but bureaucratic pitfalls and tepid goals can limit its potential.
How to Build Your Own Time Capsule
With a little data-driven forethought—potentially also some light biohacking—your ark might just transcend time.
This Woman Is Exploring Deep Caves to Find Ancient Antibiotic Resistance
"Hazel’s like the Lara Croft of microbiology.”
What It's Like to Live in America Without Broadband Internet
In every single state, a portion of the population doesn’t have access to broadband, and some have no access to the internet at all.
I Lived Exclusively Off Doomsday Prepper Food for a Week
Fearing natural disasters and nuclear war, Americans are investing in freeze-dried food. But how does it taste?
Roger Ballen's Terrifying Photos Conjure Visions of the Apocalypse
The legendary photographer shares unseen work with us.
The Story Behind the Cover of VICE Magazine's Dystopia and Utopia Issue
Tamara Abdul Hadi explains her trip to the Iraqi marshlands and how she captured the photo of this reed house.
Rethinking the System: Five Experts Imagine a Better Future
From the #MeToo movement to Afrofuturism, writers, documentarians, and other authorities offer their vision of a more utopian future.
Photos of the Region Some Believe Was the Biblical Garden of Eden
Photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi spent time with people living in the Iraqi marshlands.
Failed 'Utopias' Throughout History
An illustrated account of both evil and righteous attempts to create a "perfect" society. They were all fantastically unsuccessful.