Author: Shad Bauswell

A powerful, precise language aptitude test is entering civilian life.

When science and fear collide, a supernatural story thrives.

A lesson in home improvement.

How three groups are competing to make the first extremely large telescope.

One evening four years ago, photographer Andrea Tese received a phone call from a home-care nurse. Could she come to her grandfather’s house to assess the situation? the nurse asked. Her grandfather had been very ill and had stipulated he did not want to die inside a hospital; he wanted to stay at home. But […]

Are we willing to speed our lives up indefinitely?

A warped photo of Big Ben. Alan Cleaver via Flickr Earlier this month, the chief minister of the Indian state of Assam, Tarun Gogoi, started something of a brouhaha with a bold pronouncement on the generally sleepy topic of time zones. “We need a local time for Assam and the other northeastern states which will […]

Understanding the impermanence of everything—including ourselves.

The right distractions can boost creativity.