Seeing Strangers

What compels us to look a second time? An essay with photographs by Debra Friedman.

What we're reading . . .

Developing stories that navigate the edge.

Enroll in collage!

In the right hands, scraps of paper glued together can

Think Like a Commoner

Leveraging human cooperation in novel ways. Interview with

Educating Young People to Invent Their Future

Talking sense to young people about the future.

Ryota Matsumoto's extraordinary cities

A new vision of biomorphic urban worlds — 1 of a 3-part

The Role of Trails

Trails as a conserving tool for nature. By Nicola Ross.

Birds of North America

Is a new big photo book on birds as good as the last best

An Apology for the Adverb

Having attained a pariah-like status in some quarters, we'

A Hawk-Eye for Beauty

Swimming pools are a world unto themselves in Australia.

Fractals in Nature Spiral Into Art

A replicating pattern built in to our world — beautiful and

Botanicals in Blue

Discovering photographic treasure using 19th-century image

Were they Dreaming?

Toward a collaboration by nations to do something that's