How many invisible “energy slave” workers does it take to fuel our modern lifestyles?
How many invisible “energy slave” workers does it take to fuel our modern lifestyles?
A classic behavioural psychology experiment. In the 1970s, researchers took eight strangers and shut them inside a dark room for an hour. What happened next?
Today, global action to stop climate change is inconceivable. Yet, in 1938, global action to stop Nazi Germany was also inconceivable. The world was in Hitler denial.
Exactly 75 summers ago, Buckminster Fuller accidentally discovered a self-air conditioning house. How did he do it?
Roughly half of the world’s entire oil supply is gone; half is left. How will our society choose to use the oil that remains?
Jimi Hendrix was the greatest guitarist who ever lived. Your climate-denying uncle is just some random bloke who no one has ever heard of.
A classic experiment into drug addiction science. Would rats choose to take drugs if given a stimulating environment and social company?
To what extent do metaphors shape and distort our understanding of reality? Co-written with Nick Barter.
Trees build themselves from the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen of thin air. Can we learn to copy their engineering secrets?
What does the Mount St. Helens ecosystem have in common with the human industrial system?
A reptile brain sits deep within us. How much of our behaviour comes from primal instinct?
Humanity’s attitude toward nature. How did we get here? Where can we go from here?
What happens when you introduce 29 reindeer to an isolated island of untouched natural resources?
