M. Mitchell Waldrop

M. Mitchell Waldrop

M. Mitchell Waldrop | Knowable Magazine

A person sits on a sidewalk near an escalator entrance, next to an overturned shopping cart on a metal grate.
An evidence-based policy movement is arming the fight with tools and programs that are more effective than ever before.
Silhouettes of three people in red stand on a podium made of white cubes, evoking the spirit of ranked choice voting, with blue circles against a dark grid background.
The electoral reform also known as instant-runoff voting promises bridge-building and broad appeal instead of culture war and gridlock.
An image of a glowing ring in a dark room.
Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic era. Interest, and investment, in the carbon-free energy source is heating up.
From the Big Bang to dark energy, knowledge of the cosmos has sped up in the past century — but big questions linger.