Tallow to Margarine
TW Lim on how we went from mining nature for particular fats, to mining fats for their components.
Bare Beauty, Beyond Euclid
Jordan Ellenberg calls geometry “the cilantro of math,” which is to say that few people feel neutral about it. His own feelings about the subject
Strangers on boats.
When my grandmother immigrated to Canada from Scotland, she brought a trunk full of her grandmother’s photo albums, which span the late Victorian era
Notes, 2024-01-01
Spencer Wright on the most popular writing SOW published in 2023.
Polypropylene Christmas
Spencer Wright on the tools used to deliver holiday packages.
We're reading Dust
Dust is so ubiquitous that most people barely notice it. Jay Owens is an exception. She has been paying close attention to dust for many