Culture

Frozen moments

Images are immediate and eternal, translating to frozen moments.

by Roberta Valtorta

When at sea

Sailor Giovanni Soldini's sense of time where there is no elsewhere, no desires, and few doubts about how to use your time

by MAIZE

Zoned out on timezones

Time zones are weird and full of contradictions, approximations and exceptions, but manage to work surprisingly well.

by Henry Albert

The dictatorship of the clock

Neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann tries to solve the riddle of felt time, where neither too much or too little is ideal.

by Andrea Signorelli

The invention of modern time

The Greenwich Meridian is the ruler of clocks. But before 1884, there was no universal system of timekeeping, nor time zones.

by Riccardo Coluccini

We all get 24 hours

How does a person's job, or the way they spend their days, define their sense of time and give meaning and purpose to their days?

by Laure Gabus

In praise of sci-fi determinism

Is the future so utterly scary just because we can't imagine a better one?

by Alice Azzolini

Beyond meat

Soon, natural resources will not be enough to feed us. Here's how synthetic biology could help.

by Sridhar Iyengar

The future will be a commons

If it's not led by humans, technology alone will not be enough to create a desirable future.

by Benjamin Butler

What is the future of sex?

Sex and the ways in which we become intimate are changing, but for better or for worse?

by MAIZE

Hackers, empathy and neuroscience

According to Neuroscientist Moran Cerf, artists, hackers, and investors have something in common: the ability to tap into someone else's brain.

by Robert C. Wolcott

Doubt the past, believe for the future

by Robert C. Wolcott