Tag: Seriously

Almost a quarter of a century ago, managers of the legendary Bell Labs reported several breakthroughs that could have changed technology forever: Within a year one of their young researchers named Jan Hendrik Schön had succeeded in creating an organic super-conductor, a laser built from organic...

Out of all the writing gigs, writing advertising copy for rifle manufacturers might make one lose their soul. (Assuming the writer had one, to begin with.) Daniel Defense is the manufacturer of the semi-automatic assault weapon used in the Uvalde mass shooting. The company is now getting some sla...

Icame late to Tokyo. It was October 2007, more than a decade after I’d started seriously traveling the world, and I’d already been to some far-flung places in Asia—Ipoh and Urumqi, Bishkek and Battambang. But I’d never had a reason to visit Japan, nor the budget I figured I&r...