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In 2050 there will be about 9 billion people in the world. The vast majority of them will live in urban areas, and will have a significantly higher average age […]

In wealthy nations across the world, population growth rates have rapidly declined from their peak in 1965. The reasons behind this are varied and rife with complications, as scientists still […]

The world of comedy hasn’t exactly been kind to scientists, but here are a couple of jokes in which math nerds get the last laugh.

Scientific estimates of Earth’s maximum capacity range in the thousands of billions, but here’s some troubling numbers we have confirmed: Earth’s 6.8 billion residents produce enough food to feed between […]

Each of us consumes energy at a rate roughly equivalent to a 100-watt bulb. But, given the amount of energy that goes into maintaining domestic farm animals, and the inanimate […]

Of Earth’s ice-free land, we have about 130 million square kilometers to work with, about 8% of which goes to creating foods that go directly to humans while another 30% […]

Humans exist in a “food web,” wherein we enjoy our familiar menu of plants, vegetables, animals and their by-products, etc; but what’s out there itching to get ahold of us…and […]

Global populations, economics, environments, cultures and human health all intersect in meat.

A Conversation with the mathematical biologist at Rockefeller University.

Doug Malewicki outlines some feasible game changing ideas in the realm of transportation.

Why government funding isn’t necessary to back up the scientist’s vision for the future of transportation.

Doug Malewicki’s Sky Tran invention is less expensive than a light rail system and incorporates many of the characteristics of the MagLev train.

Some of the Sky Tran’s key technologies can be applied to wind energy.

Picture this: you’re on your way to work, in a pod, going 100 miles per hour. Meet the Sky Tran.

A conversation with the President and Chief Scientist of AeroVisions Inc..

Congestion pricing in England’s capital has upped the share of travelers that are using public transportation.

Dynamic road pricing could solve congestion problems, but is it socially equitable?

Other countries have it. Why doesn’t the U.S.? Because we’ve been unwilling to pay.

When it comes to adopting transportation issues, the federal government has a special role as a cheerleader.

Transportation systems have to operate on these dimensions to be effective: economic development, environmental protection and social equity.

A conversation with the MIT professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The creator of “thing theory” suspects his professional curiosity about objects stems from his private inability to attach much importance to them.

The UChicago critic names the works he loved best as a young reader and the author that excites him most these days.

Is the nature of “the text” changing in the Web age? Are blogs hurting criticism? And could the growing interest in “thing theory” be a response to an increasingly virtual […]

The term “thing theory” is a joke, but not a joke about physics.

By inviting us to pay close attention to the object itself, “thing theory” can tease out new meaning in the simplest artwork—even an apparent prank like Duchamp’s “Fountain.”

Many modern artists have explored the idea that the material world “might want to be organized other than the way we’ve organized it.”

From Daisy weeping into Gatsby’s shirts to Tom Hanks chatting with Wilson the volleyball, stories are as much about things as people.

The critic’s signature “thing theory” is an exploration of how inanimate objects transform us, in art and life.

Bill Brown first sensed his calling when he realized he read very slowly—a habit he thinks is integral to the critic’s discipline.