Mexico City is in a water crisis. Despite rains and floods, it is running out of drinking water and the city is sinking
Sound can have serious impacts on our health and wellbeing. And there’s no better place to think about health than hospitals.
The line to enter Barcelona’s most famous cathedral often stretches around the block. La Sagrada Família, designed by Antoni Gaudí, draws millions of visitors each year. There are a lot of Gothic churches in Spain, but this one is different.
How sound can be designed to reduce harm and even improve wellbeing
The fight over weeding books from the library
The very deliberate cultural exchange program that made Soviets into some of Bollywood's biggest fans
Squirrels were purposefully introduced into our cities in the 1800s, and when their population exploded, we lost track of how many there are.
The ideas behind Noguchi’s Play Mountain - about imagination, and freedom to play - have left a deep mark on playground designers, and are shaping the emerging playgrounds all around us.
Reply All orchestrated a grand podcast crossover event to try to solve a years old bug plaguing 99% Invisible listeners
If you’ve ever looked at a piece of abstract art or Modernist architecture and thought “my kindergartener could have made that," well, that may be more true than you realize.
50 Things That Made The Modern Economy is a podcast that explores the fascinating histories of a number of powerful inventions and their far- reaching consequences.
When Barnett Newman’s painting Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III was placed in the Sedelijk museum it was meant to be provocative, but one reaction that it received was so intense, so violent, it set off a chain of events that shook the art world to its core.
Social Infrastructure is the glue that binds communities together
Cartoon sound effects are some of the most iconic sounds ever made. Even modern cartoons continue to use the same sound effects from decades ago.
The tradition of the Tomb of the Unknown goes back only about a century, but it has become one of the most solemn and reverential monuments.
Frank Lloyd Wright changed the field of architecture, and not just through his big, famous buildings
The Dodgers needed a home in LA, but the home they chose already belonged to someone else
The biggest buyer of recycling just stopped buying
Throughout human history we've been driven to find the brightest splash of color
In May of 1990, law enforcement raided a warehouse in Douglas, AZ and a private home across the border in Agua Prieta, Mexico.