Coffees in hand, a group of analysts emerge from a glass office building on a gloomy morning in lower Manhattan, a few blocks from Wall Street,…
Author: Sam Allcock
A short line forms by the refrigerated counter in a suburban pharmacy shortly after it opens. It’s not the typical rush for seasonal flu shots or…
The air starts to move in ways that aren’t immediately apparent at dusk, close to the edge of a peaceful pond. Insects hover just above the…
The room is silent, as is common in online environments; there are no loud voices, no distractions, just text on a screen. One of the two…
A scientist is leaning over a glass tank in a dimly lit marine lab, somewhere between the faint glow of blue aquarium lights and the hum…
Not too long ago, plastic pollution seemed far away. It lived in pictures of tangled fishing nets encircling sea turtles or floating bottles in the Pacific.…
The atmosphere outside the convention center where the annual GPU Technology Conference takes place in San Jose on a sunny morning is frequently more akin to…
The sky appears oddly quiet late at night in radio observatories all over the world. No visible stars, no glowing galaxies. Just computer screens with streams…
The wind blows across red dirt and dry grass on the flat plains outside of Abilene, Texas. Until recently there wasn’t much here—just cattle land and…
Patients stroll slowly through the sliding glass doors of a Boston diabetes clinic on a gloomy winter’s morning, their jackets zipped against the wind and coffee…