Culture

Alternative funeral options are changing how we honor our dead
A small, yet growing number of people are starting to choose funeral options outside traditional burial or cremation.
Science fiction books that predicted the future with terrifying accuracy
Science fiction writers have anticipated a variety of modern inventions, from cars to organ transplants. Some books barely seem like fiction.
The most undervalued problem-solving tool? Lateral thinking.
Lateral thinking is a way of approaching problems. It deliberately forgoes obvious approaches in favor of oblique or unexpected ones.
How skate punks are ushering in a new era of freedom in myanmar
Skatepunks of Myanmar
5 fascinating ways humans are adapting to cities
The untold story of Rio’s largest favela
The hidden side of "slum" life
Teaser of 'The hidden side of slum life'
3 times our brightest minds made bad predictions
Series| Wrong
We’re all gonna starve!
Series| Coded
How an exiled cryptographer is protecting journalists in his native Ethiopia
Using fashion to fool facial recognition