How You as a Lone Designer Can Change the World
UX Daily - User Experience Dailyby Rikke Friis Dam29d ago
Has Don Norman convinced you to work on important societal issues? As a lone designer, what can you do?
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top 6%When the US Mail Was Delivered Underground at 35 MPH Through a Network of Pneumatic Tubes (1893–1953)
Open Cultureby Colin Marshall29d ago
Twenty years ago, United States senator Ted Stevens drew long-lasting online ridicule by describing the internet as “a series of tubes.” While some commentators noted that the analogy wasn’t quite...
Dear Reader: 10 Epistolary Poems by Contemporary Writers - JSTOR Daily
JSTOR Dailyby The Editors29d ago
We all love to receive a letter (or an email, or a text) from a good friend. Epistolary poems are just that: direct addresses to a lover, a family member, an animal, even a sworn enemy.
SAARC’s Crisis Is Bigger Than India-Pakistan Tensions
Frontlineby Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy29d ago
On July 26, while celebrating the Maldives’ 61st Independence Day, its President Mohamed Muizzu called for the revival of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and...
Inside a Mexico City Wellness Studio Designed Around Alignment
Design Milkby Bianca Weeko Martin29d ago
Mexico City is frenetic and saturated with color, a sprawling metropolis of more than 20 million people and nearly 2,000 neighborhoods.
DARPA funds advancements in quantum networking
Defense Oneby Alexandra Kelley29d ago
DARPA funds advancements in quantum networking The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency entered into a contract with quantum networking company Qunnect to bolster technology to preserve...
Whose Babies Are These? - Longreads
Longreadsby Seyward Darby29d ago
A Chinese man hired a Florida surrogate, then didn’t pick up his kids because of visas issues, sparking a custody battle that could upend the lucrative, largely unregulated industry.
Midori Sour
A Beautiful Messby Elsie Larson29d ago
If you love an Amaretto Sour or Whiskey Sour, it’s time to try our Midori Sour recipe! You’ll love the melon flavor and the intense green color of this 1980s cocktail.
Summer’s Bandana Print Trend Isn’t Going Anywhere for Fall
Fashion - ELLEby Lila Hathaway29d ago
There are few prints as recognizable or nostalgic as the classic bandana. With its Americana roots and signature paisley motif, it’s long been a summer staple—tied around necks, looped around a...
The Eyelet Trend Is Summer’s Prettiest Texture—Here’s How to Style It
Fashion - ELLEby Kristen Bateman29d ago
Unsurprisingly, the eyelet has quickly become fashion’s favorite texture as of late. The functional feature takes the concept of embroidery and makes it dainty and purposeful, adding pretty texture...
Apple patent hints at an iPhone that knows when to leave you alone
Cult of Macby Anurag Chawake29d ago
Apple wants your iPhone to know when to bug you and when to back off. A newly published Apple AI interruption patent describes a system that keeps an eye on what you’re doing and nudges you only...
Controlling wild pigs can work if it’s a group effort
The Conversation (US)by Eunchun Park, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas29d ago
The federal government is injecting millions of dollars into efforts to combat feral hogs – and it’s considering spending even more in the coming years.
The false and the furious: We aren’t just bothered by different beliefs – we’re bothered when we think others are wrong
The Conversation (US)by George Loewenstein, Professor of Economics and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University29d ago
Why do disagreements about vaccines, climate change or elections often feel so personal? Our research suggests it is not simply because other people have different beliefs.
How American society shields perpetrators of child sexual abuse
The Conversation (US)by Sarah K Lischer, Associate Professor Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University29d ago
Widespread denial accompanied the public exposure of Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long sexual abuse and trafficking of girls and women. After the U.S.
Trump’s ‘forever’ tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill
The Conversation (US)by Kent Jones, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College29d ago
President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025.
Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support – here’s how to keep kids safe
The Conversation (US)by Yael Dvir, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School29d ago
It’s 2 a.m., and a teenage girl, worrying about a friend issue, lies awake. Rather than wake her parents, she picks up her phone, opens an AI app and types, “I’m so stressed out, I can’t sleep.” A...
Wildfire-damaged historic buildings may not be as ruined as they appear, but saving them means acting fast
The Conversation (US)by Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Assistant Professor in Structural Mechanics and Structures, Universidade de Lisboa29d ago
In a summer of wildfires severe enough to trigger Spain’s first-ever national emergency for a forest fire, a historic stone structure called the Nevera de Castro stands in a landscape burned bare...
‘Hello, just circling back!’ Not responding to emails is common across higher education but bad for morale
The Conversation (US)by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College29d ago
As a challenging academic year drew to a close in May 2026, I sent an email to 12 administrators at the college where I teach, thanking them for their work during the year.
Free-ranging dogs, changing livelihoods reshape an agro-pastoral landscape
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon29d ago
- Rapid socio-economic changes in Spiti are transforming the region’s traditional agro-pastoral system, impacting livestock rearing and farming.
Why We Need Digital Public Infrastructure for Nature in India
Frontlineby Sayanta Ghosh29d ago
As India approaches eight decades of Independence, digital public infrastructure has become one of the clearest signs of its administrative strength.