"Popular science has been overrun in recent years with guides to the microbiome — the aggregate genetic substance of all the microorganisms living in and on our bodies. Beyond a naive understanding of bacteria as uniformly pathogenic, _...Read More_

"For as long as I can remember, I’ve been terrified of space. Looking up at the moon in the night sky sends a shiver down my spine, and those videos that compare the scale of celestial bodies? They’re like horror movies to me. Admittedly, _...Read More_

"From Marc Jacobs’ Heaven to the return of 00s subcultures, Drain Gang’s sonic optimism, and PC Music’s sugary sound, cute aesthetics are an extension of our obsession with Y2K – and a distraction from the real-world"

"Is there a country Britain should try to emulate? If like me, you think there’s nowhere better to live, you may bristle at the question. Bear with me because the self-appointed moral guardians of our age, the LGBTQ+ lobby, have come up _...Read More_

"Recent years have seen the democratic spirit advancing at the expense of the meritocratic. Here’s why that’s a problem."

"The protagonist of Pleasure is a plucky young performer who has moved to Los Angeles with a dream of superstardom. Bella Cherry (played by Sofia Kappel) has a Hollywood story that gets told off- and on-screen all the time: An ambitious _...Read More_

"I’ve come to view the internet as the intelligence that watches me — and watches with me — until it suddenly doesn’t"

>"Chinese youth are rejecting Western consumerism and heading back down to the countryside, searching for ancient Chinese values."

Mire Lee’s promethean sculptures and installations instill a creeping transgressive horror. Twisted piles of rubber tubing, pools of silicate, and ventricular pumps gurn, and ejaculate. Hung like sides of meat in an abattoir, or writhing _...Read More_

“Scalable UGC, Commerce Tools, and Affiliate Links”

We're Ready for the Metaverse but the Technology Is Not. Here's Why. "The metaverse is coming, but the limits of current technology means it's at _...Read More_

“Cloud Money: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets by Brett Scott”

>"Could a hyper-advanced civilization peel back the veneer separating self and Universe, mixing and matching physical laws as they see fit?"

"Making social problems your problem"

>"“Duties included: receiving instruction from Hajji Atal to head to Kabul (alone) with an allotment of cash.”"