The podcast Basic Able takes an irreverent look at art, culture and political issues important to the disability community.
Read MoreA mobile documentary asks: What if Martin Luther King, Eartha Kitt and others were on Facebook in 1968? /
In journalist Mikhail Zygar’s innovative series, you can watch the events of that momentous year come to vibrant life on your phone in weekly episodes.
Read MoreThe $1 foldable eye-screening kit is here /
The LV Prasad Eye Institute Center for Innovation in India has invented a foldable, mailable phoropter that could help prevent blindness in millions of children.
Read MoreWhat can cavefish teach us about the world? /
These weird-looking, isolated aquatic creatures probably won’t star in a Pixar film anytime soon, but by studying them, we can learn about our planet’s past and its future, says evolutionary biologist and ichthyologist Prosanta Chakrabarty.
Read MoreWatch: A cellular biologist animates the life cycle of HIV in this hypnotic video /
While the musical soundtrack is wholly a product of the imagination, everything else in this spellbinding animation of the HIV virus — created by Janet Iwasa — was based on the findings of researchers.
Read MoreA radical revisioning of eye care aid /
Peek co-founder and CEO Andrew Bastawrous proposes an ambitious new mechanism for Commonwealth governments to meet the vision needs of all citizens.
Read MoreMeet the Nigerian designer weaving African textiles with Renaissance art—including some of Black Panther’s amazing looks /
A chat with Walé Oyéjidé, the man behind Ikiré Jones, a Philadelphia-based fashion line with a truly global aesthetic.
Read MoreInside the online platform that’s empowering survivors of campus sexual assaults … and catching repeat offenders /
Outraged at the incidence of sex crimes at colleges, activist Jess Ladd got mad — and then she got to building. Here’s how she developed a secure and sensitive reporting system that’s in use on 13 campuses.
Read MoreThe first-ever 4 minutes of magical hand-drawn animation to emerge from Pakistan /
Musician, composer and filmmaker Usman Riaz abandoned his music career to start Pakistan’s first animation studio from scratch. Here’s a peek at the work in progress.
Read MoreIn 21st-century Korea, shamanism is not only thriving — but evolving /
Artist Jorge Mañes Rubio travels to Seoul, Korea, to learn about the city’s primarily female shamans and their vital role in contemporary urban life.
Read MoreWhat went wrong with the breakthrough dengue vaccine? /
How a perfect storm of politics, panic and public health misinformation may have once again derailed a vaccine that can save lives.
Read MoreIn rural Tanzania, a surprising collision of cultures and craft /
A impromptu collaboration between an Uruguayan documentary photographer, a Nigerian fashion designer, an American cellist and three Maasai herdsmen in rural Tanzania sparks an unexpected artwork fueled by music, fashion, photography and poetry.
Read MoreA crowdfunding platform aims to solve the puzzle of aging /
Aging happens to all of us, but scientists still don’t know the mechanism behind it. We need to focus on finding an answer, says molecular biologist Oliver Medvedik.
Read MoreAn unsettling peek into the reality of life in 2050 /
Rather than just imagine the future, what if we could walk around in it? In a new installation, designer Anab Jain invites visitors to enter an apartment in the middle of the 21st century.
Read MoreA scientist explores the mysteries of the gut-brain connection /
The brain in your head and the one in your gut are always exchanging info. But how do they do it? Neuroscientist Diego Bohórquez is trying to find out the answers.
Read MoreRevolution: What is it good for? /
On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, artist Uldus Bakhtiozina offers a surrealistic rebuke of the consequences of revolution.
Read MoreSingularity is near — and it’s in the form of a dachshund named Elly /
Restless tech innovator Yale Fox gave voice to his dog Elly by mounting Amazon Alexa software to a Raspberry Pi and hooking it up to a mic and speakers. Now Elly can talk to people she meets on the streets, picking up keywords that prompt responses.
Read More