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Excellent writing about the physical world.
Extraterrestrial Cuisine AMA with Larissa Zhou
Our AMA with food engineer Larissa Zhou who researches cooking techniques for microgravity.…
Note, 2023-08-28
James Coleman considers alignment problems in the workplace.…
We're reading The Apple II Age
Personal computing has long since arrived: Our lives and homes are bursting at the seams with computers; old phones and…
Notes, 2023-08-21
Hillary Predko visits a nuclear power plant, iterates on ceramic Penrose tiles, and considers how instant ramen is made.…
Notes, 2023-08-14
Spencer Wright on workshop time with kids.…
Notes, 2023-08-07
Hillary Predko on plumbing challenges, Disney's architecture, and the coldscape.…
Notes, 2023-07-31
Shannon Mattern on how the Erie Canal is being reimagined – and how the communities through which it passes are reimagining themselves, too.…
Notes, 2023-07-24
I entered the Museo de Aguas de Alicante fifteen minutes before closing. Outside, the streets had emptied in the heat…
Notes, 2023-07-17
lee wilkins on the enduring challenges of designing vessels to explore the deep seas.…
Notes, 2023-07-10
Anna and Kelly Pendergrast on the secret recipes, the superstition, and the myths embedded in what we call “innovation.”…
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