R.I.P.Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Has DiedAppointed to the high court by Ronald Reagan, O’Connor was conservative but never predictable: She became the court’s ultimate swing vote.Will Doig
Future ShockGive Way to That Droid: Imagining the Driverless CityAn NYC exhibit imagines driverless buses and mobile medical units resembling Popemobiles. Will 'autonomous vehicles' really make our cities safer, cleaner, and less congested?Will Doig
EERIEIs This the Spookiest Place in North America?Whole towns in this stretch of North American prairie have been abandoned, just waiting for somebody with the resolve to enter places intuition tells you would best be left alone.Will Doig
EXCERPTChina Is Outsourcing Cities on Man-Made Islands in Malaysia‘If you build it, they will come’ seems to be China's thinking as it constructs whole cities on artificial islands in Malaysia that resemble instant Chinatowns.Will Doig
RevolutionThe Underground Puppeteer of YangonKhin Maung Htwe is conducting a one-man crusade to revive a centuries-old form of theater that was once a keystone of the Burmese art scene.Will Doig
Danger in the KitchenRent Is Killing the Restaurant CapitalExorbitant rents, the rise of Brooklyn, lazy millennials. NYC is having its worst year in restaurant closures, and only one thing is certain: its epicurean reign is in trouble.Will Doig
TraditionThe Girl Scouts Vs. The Grrrl ScoutsAt their convention, Girls Scouts USA is facing a split between traditional and modern—should its young members be campfire-building, or debating female body image?Will Doig
Data DrivenHeartache by the NumbersChristian Rudder knows who’s been bad or good, and he really knows who’s lying about who they are and what they want. And he has the numbers to prove it.Will Doig
OuchSolution to Seat Rage: No More RecliningThree planes have been forced to divert because of fights over reclining seats. So why not keep all passengers in the ‘upright position’ when they fly?Will Doig
TASTE OF CHANGESay Cheese—China’s New ObsessionWith virtually no dairy industry of their own making it, the Chinese have suddenly discovered the deliciousness of American cheese. The cheddar-y revolution has only just begun.Will Doig
