Video: What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared?
With settlements on every continent, humans can be found in the most isolated corners of Earth’s jungles, oceans and tundras. Our impact is so profound, most scientists believe humanity has left a permanent mark on Earth’s geological record.
Robbi Nester | Fog and Moonlight: Margaret in her Nightgown, alone in Bella’s yard
You threw off the rumpled sheets,
glided down the stairs and out the door,
leaving it open behind you
Daniel Tobin: The Lens
Into the wreck an available light
reigns down, more mist than glitter
Video: Homesick
An absurdist thriller about an unhappy man who attends a retreat offering adults a second chance at a happy childhood.
Video: “The Tub” by Amy Hempel (with text)
My heart—I thought it stopped. So I got in my car and headed for God.
Baron Wormser: The Good Life
It’s plain that the world as we know it is literally choking on its machine- and money-driven complexity.
James C. Nieh: Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language
Bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills.
Video: David’s Voice
Through a series of intimate performances and conversations with David, his mother and others close to him, there emerges a portrait of an artist searching for his place in life.
Irene Vázquez: How Black Hair Practices Can Inspire Architecture
An exhibit at the University of Houston explores how Black hair techniques can be translated into innovative building materials, designs, and methods.
Andrea Mazzarino: Children of War
Armed violence has percolated into just about every aspect of this country’s being — from violent video games to still-spiking mass shootings to local police forces armed with weapons of war.
Video: The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai
A rare glimpse inside a samurai sword workshop, where ritual meets mastery
Video: Black Mountain College and Charles Olson
the thing you’re after
may lie around the bend
of the nest (second, time slain, the bird! the bird!
Michelle Bitting: In the Museum of the Dream Where I Am Falling from the Sky
And waking, realize I’ve gotten my suffering all wrong.
Christopher J. Preston: Wolf restoration in Colorado shows how humans are rethinking their relationships with wild animals
Recovering animals encounter a world that is markedly different from the one in which they declined, especially in terms of how people think about wildlife.
