NARRATIVE AND LONGFORM
Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick? Or Crazy?
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick. Almost as
upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.
New York (print)
First They Got Sick, Then They Moved into a Virtual Utopia
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.
Wired
Pastor D.J. Soto is Putting His Faith in a Virtual Reality Church
D.J. Soto believes Christianity can be renewed through worship in virtual space. His VR mega-church is even attracting atheists.
Wired
New Weapons in Old Fight to Save Forests
The Wounaan people of Panama are taking up drones and GPS to protect forest on their
tribal lands from marauding loggers. Their chief was already killed in the fight.
Al Jazeera
Fiery Dispute Over Hot Rocks in Hawaii
Residents of a hippie enclave on the Big Island say the local geothermal plant is bad for their health. It's part of a colorful ongoing battle in the nation's most oil-dependent state.
Al Jazeera
Paradise Lost
Supercolonies of tiny fire ants are threatening the farms and beaches of Hawaii.
The ants are just one of many invasive species plaguing the islands.
Al Jazeera
How to Adapt to Your Face Transplant
The human face is a kind of synecdoche for the self, and yet a face transplant may
be less disruptive to the psyche than we might expect.
Nautilus
The Curious Case of the Bog Bodies
Why do so many perfectly preserved corpses found in Europe's peat bogs
show signs of violent death?
Nautilus
Something in Your Voice
New speech analysis technologies can help diagnose mental illness. But they also raise troubling questions.
Proto
The Telltale Strand
The genomics revolution has hit the courtroom, with the first case that relies on a powerful
new DNA reading technique. Called next generation sequencing, it will transform forensic science.
Proto
Is Genetic Privacy a Myth?
Genetic tests and genome sequencing are generating terabytes of sensitive private
data. How can they be kept safe?
Proto
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick. Almost as
upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.
New York (print)
First They Got Sick, Then They Moved into a Virtual Utopia
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.
Wired
Pastor D.J. Soto is Putting His Faith in a Virtual Reality Church
D.J. Soto believes Christianity can be renewed through worship in virtual space. His VR mega-church is even attracting atheists.
Wired
New Weapons in Old Fight to Save Forests
The Wounaan people of Panama are taking up drones and GPS to protect forest on their
tribal lands from marauding loggers. Their chief was already killed in the fight.
Al Jazeera
Fiery Dispute Over Hot Rocks in Hawaii
Residents of a hippie enclave on the Big Island say the local geothermal plant is bad for their health. It's part of a colorful ongoing battle in the nation's most oil-dependent state.
Al Jazeera
Paradise Lost
Supercolonies of tiny fire ants are threatening the farms and beaches of Hawaii.
The ants are just one of many invasive species plaguing the islands.
Al Jazeera
How to Adapt to Your Face Transplant
The human face is a kind of synecdoche for the self, and yet a face transplant may
be less disruptive to the psyche than we might expect.
Nautilus
The Curious Case of the Bog Bodies
Why do so many perfectly preserved corpses found in Europe's peat bogs
show signs of violent death?
Nautilus
Something in Your Voice
New speech analysis technologies can help diagnose mental illness. But they also raise troubling questions.
Proto
The Telltale Strand
The genomics revolution has hit the courtroom, with the first case that relies on a powerful
new DNA reading technique. Called next generation sequencing, it will transform forensic science.
Proto
Is Genetic Privacy a Myth?
Genetic tests and genome sequencing are generating terabytes of sensitive private
data. How can they be kept safe?
Proto