10 hand-picked articles from our collection
This digest was algorithmically curated to spark serendipity and encourage intellectual wandering. Each article was chosen at random from our recent collection, creating unexpected connections and delightful discoveries across diverse topics and perspectives.
Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Crafting a spacesuit demanded perfection from seamstresses to gluers to engineers — every stitch could mean life or death The post The Bra-and-Girdle Maker That Fashioned the Impossible for NASA appea
an annoying thought experiment
No one is safe from this deadly trap
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a vast system of ocean currents that helps... The post AMOC: Is global warming tipping key Atlantic ocean currents towards ‘collapse’? appeare
The defining feature of American imperialism is its combination of an enormous capacity for death and destruction with an equally enormous sense of self-entitlement. Cold War journalist Dwight Macdona
My nonfiction book, What’s So Great About The Great Books? is coming out on May 19th.
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... The post Cropped 22 April 2026: Global food ‘catastrophe’ | BECCS emissions | UK solar farm controversy
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Crafting each frame by hand, an animator paints the story of an Olympic swimmer’s return after surviving the Holocaust - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon