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What's wrong with period tracking apps?

Smartphone apps used to track menstrual cycles often disappoint users with a lack of accuracy, assumptions about sexual identity or partners, and pink designs. >
NexLoop looks to nature to create a remarkable water generator

The company’s AquaWeb development is a self-sufficient and adaptable water management system. >
On resisting gentrification, social housing and the removal of statues in Central Park

Justin Garrett Moore also talks about the delicate job of balancing the varied needs of New York residents. >
A museum where your emotions are the main attraction

Siphilele Magagula’s conceptual design asks participants to lay their prejudices bare. >
Future forms of concrete, plastic could be both sustainable and eco-friendly

“The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, in principle, infinitely.” >
Letters from a Birmingham Girl

A documentary about intersectionality, identity and family. >
Go ahead and take your selfies girl

Body-positive artist Zola Lovette is the creative behind a series of illustrations celebrating bathroom selfies. >
How will climate change affect our eating habits in 30 years time?

Researchers and scientists say we'll need to intensify the use of drought-tolerant food sources such as seaweed and more. >
Neri Oxman wins at Cooper Hewitt 2018 National Design Awards

“All ten of this year’s winners present a powerful design perspective and body of work that is at once inclusive and deeply personal..." >
Childish Gambino forcefully unpacks race and violence in America

The multitalented artist’s new music video delivers a striking social commentary. >
This is the world's first biodegradable home pregnancy test

The lightweight, ultra-thin invention can be sent in an envelope and biodegrades in three months. >
A photo series on colourism in Haiti, the first black republic

“They used to put me down so much because I was this dark and now, I fucking love myself.” >
Sunu Gonera on finding his voice, afrofuturism and making heroes out of ordinary people

In this opening talk of Design Indaba 2018 that brought the audience to its feet, the filmmaker talks about his career high and lows. >
Plastic-infused concrete could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions

After water, concrete is the second most widely used material on Earth. >
This warning system could detect a drought earlier than ever before

Here's how MIT researchers are using the leaf surface to detect drought conditions. >
Edel Rodriguez on how the South African protest art influenced his work

Rodriguez has a noted history of creating irreverent, illustrated depictions of the controversial US President Donald Trump. >
How this young photographer is creating a career while helping to correct mis-representation

Images help us to not only interpret the world around us but also challenge deep-rooted and sometimes harmful conventions. >
This Solar Grill makes cooking easier in areas with no electricity

The cooker stores solar energy for cooking at any time of the day. >
What will advertising look like 100 years from now?

We chat with former Vice Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of international consulting firm R/GA about carving success in this ever-changing industry. >
Ekene Ijeoma deconstructs the US national anthem as a comment on mass imprisonment

In Deconstructed Anthems, he built a software that removes notes from the US national anthem at the same rate Americans have been imprisoned. >
Japanese art of paper cutting inspires the next generation of bandages

These MIT engineers believe a simple method of pattern-cutting holds great benefits in store for wound healing plasters and wearable tech. >
5 projects that are looking into the possible future of humans on Mars

To celebrate International Day of Human Space Flight here's a look at some projects that are looking into space exploration. >
Joshua Kissi on disrupting and diversifying stock photography

The photographer and co-founder of TONL tells us why he decided to make images of the unrepresented his priority. >
Myles Loftin on the importance of representing black masculinity differently

The #antenna2017 speaker takes us through the inspiration behind his multimedia project: Hooded. >

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