People
Slow hope
In 2000, Tsai Jen-Hui, a professor of architecture at the National Taipei University of Technology, had the walls of the campus torn down. In their place, he had a stream built that functions like a moat, fed by recycled water and rain.
Ideas
The body as mediator
Recently, I’ve noticed something strange about what my body does while I’m flicking through apps or reading on my phone. I’ve become conscious of my irregular breathing patterns, and how much tension I’m holding in my back and shoulders.
Science
Is the Earth an organism?
Many of us, scientists included, harbour contradictory intuitions about Mother Nature.