Acorns: why we failed to domesticate a beloved wild food source by Nicolás Boullosa on June 2, 2023 There’s no older way of showing one’s agency over one’s surroundings than providing our own food from sources that our …
Human waste economy: humanure, diaper-derived concrete & more by Nicolás Boullosa on May 24, 2023 When in 1837 Ignaz Semmelweis left his merchant family from Budapest to study Law in Vienna, he was already known …
First, automation came for dumb tasks. With AI, it’s everything by Nicolás Boullosa on May 17, 2023 “On November 1, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all these people end to …
Tesla faces competitors in mature EV markets, but startups struggle by Nicolás Boullosa on May 10, 2023 The future of electric cars may have already arrived in Norway, where 80% of new car sales were electric in …
After heavy California rains, gold-seekers head to riverbeds by Nicolás Boullosa on May 4, 2023 In his formative years, Mark Twain decided to pan for gold in California, just like every other American growing up …
Qanats: ancient water management system guaranteed survival by Nicolás Boullosa on April 27, 2023 I’ve been talking a lot with colleagues and relatives in Spain. Most of these conversations include a salute or a …
Miyawaki method: benefits of planting a tiny dense forest near you by Nicolás Boullosa on April 19, 2023 When we visited permaculture professor, botanist, and youtuber Andrew Millison at his suburban house in Corvallis, Oregon, we weren’t expecting …
You say tomato, we say topsoil: interdependence of soil biodiversity and health by Nicolás Boullosa on April 13, 2023 For most of our species’ timeline, humans foraged and hunted/fished for food. The advent of agriculture ultimately led to population …
A winter energy chaos that never was: renewables & efficiency avoid crisis by Nicolás Boullosa on April 10, 2023 When rumors of a Russian invasion of Ukraine were turning into war logistics along the border in real-time, a friend …
Trust & share: how humans domesticated themselves, then animals by Nicolás Boullosa on March 30, 2023 To prepare for our visit to London’s Cabinet War Rooms, the bunkered basement beneath the Treasury building from where Winston …
