Culture

A graphic titled "Humanity vs. Nature" showing a human evolutionary timeline, biocentrism, ecocentrism, and ethos depictions of nature, including a tree, a bird, and marine life.
Why harmony with nature is a myth
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
Jason Crawford
Abstract digital collage featuring a hand holding a smartphone, the logo of The Onion, binary code, and a webpage against a green and blue background.
Entertainment
How the internet changed news, according to The Onion
Freethink spoke to Onion staffers about parodying news from the print era into the digital age.
Tim Brinkhof and Stephen Johnson
Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse animation HD wallpaper.
Art
Animation may be entering a new renaissance. Here’s why.
Popular animated films have been rendered in an increasingly realistic style recently. Here’s where animation is heading in the future.
Tim Brinkhof
AI art
AI
AI artist Botto has made its first million
B. David Zarley
AI art
AI
AI creates realistic pictures from pure text
B. David Zarley
Business
The “great resignation” is a trend that began before the pandemic – and it may be the new normal
Ian O. Williamson
Google career certificates
Education
Traditional colleges are recognizing Google career certificates
Kristin Houser
metaverse music
Music
Apes and NFTs run the first metaverse music group 
Kristin Houser
mcplant
Food
McDonald’s McPlant takes plant-based meat mainstream
Kristin Houser
lidar data
Archaeology
Lasers reveal hundreds of Mayan and Olmec ceremonial centers
Kristin Houser
mycoprotein
Food
Fungus-based “mycoprotein” may be the next future food
B. David Zarley
Blockchain
Crypto and traditional art are merging — and the result is fantastic
Amanda Winkler
Climate Crisis
Using AI to help save wine from wildfires
B. David Zarley