Aperture

Flow is a tool we can seek out to improve our lives. It is a mindset to help us boost productivity, conquer challenging tasks, and lean into our creativity. The promise of being able to turn off the o...

28 Feb 202312min

Evelyn Adams was the first person in American history to ever win multiple million-dollar prizes. Basically overnight, she went from working in a convenience store to being worth more than some CEOs. ...

21 Feb 202312min

At some point, we all experience the sting of death. A grandparent. A parent. A friend. A lover.But here's what nobody talks about: what death does to the living.Why does grief physically hurt? Why do...

14 Feb 202314min

We’ve gotten so good at adapting to our surroundings that at this point, most natural disasters don’t pose much of a threat to our species as a whole. But what couldn’t we withstand? What, if it happe...

7 Feb 202312min

In 1812, a physician by the name of Georg Tobias Ludwig Sachs was writing about the nature of albinism, having had the condition himself. Color was a recurring topic in his analysis of albinism and as...

31 Jan 202313min

I have a pretty serious confession to make. I don’t like Superman. Before you destroy me in the comments, I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the Man of Steel has just never resonated with me. Th...

24 Jan 202314min

Nanotechnology is ironically becoming larger by the day, but not literally. As a field, Nanotechnology impacts each and every one of us more every single day. What is Nanotechnology? Why should you ca...

17 Jan 202313min

Have you ever wondered how an evil artificial intelligence might try to take over the world? Well first, the AI would attempt to gain access to as many technological systems as possible. Then, it’d st...

10 Jan 202313min