Welcome to The Porthole
Short sharp looks at science.
Yes, We Can Care About People Who Don’t Exist Yet
How to jumpstart our empathy for future generations.
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Pico Iyer’s Wide-Awake Silence
The author on losing his home to wildfire, finding strength in solitude, and his new book Aflame -
Stephen Hawking’s Eternal Voice
The astrophysicist’s synthesized voice conveyed a self -
The Trouble with the Swamp
Wetlands in film are overwhelmingly associated with discomfort, misery, and death -
You Are What Your Ancestors Didn’t Eat
The impact of famine may be written in the bodies of future generations -
Breaking a Cycle of Apocalypse
John Larison’s new novel The Ancients suggests some societies are built for cataclysm
