Издатель «Roman Mars»

The “panopticon” might be the best known prison concept in the world. It’s become the metaphor for the surveillance state, but very few actual prisons were built around this idea. Breda Dome is one of them.

The rise, fall, and unexpected second life of the crosscut saw is also the story of how America created the very concept of wilderness.

Proximity founder Ryan Coogler talks all about podcasts with Roman Mars

Two stories about the transformative power of silence from our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz

Composer Raymond Scott’s lifelong quest to build an automatic songwriting machine, and what it means for our own AI-addled, ChatGPT world

Friction, tribology, and the complex art and science of lubrication

Many consider Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky's Frankfurt Kitchen to be nothing less than the first modern kitchen.

When online worlds end

The pregones of Mexico City and the one call that stands out from the cacophony

The surprisingly long history of trying to use robots to call balls and strikes in baseball