Published on Feb. 9, 2025, 3 p.m.

It begins with a luxury we now mistake for a basic right: a locked door. For most of human history, the acts we confine to the …

Published on Nov. 7, 2024, 6:49 p.m.

Our bodies are the result of a million-year marathon. We are persistence hunters, long-distance travelers, upright walkers. Eve…

Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 3:48 p.m.

### We spend over 2,000 hours a year sitting. A deep dive into the century-long battle between our bodies and our chairs—and ho…

Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 3:20 p.m.

### From Darwin’s wheels to modern ergonomics, the chair has evolved from a simple tool into a complex piece of health technolo…

Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 1:54 p.m.

Look down at your own body. Notice the angle of your hips, the curve of your spine, the way your feet meet the floor. Chances a…

Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

In the hallowed halls of Down House, amidst a chaotic collection of specimens and books, Charles Darwin conducted his life’s wo…

Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 12:44 p.m.

Our bodies are living in a world not built for them. We exist, for the most part, inside a tyranny of right angles. The desk, t…

Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 12:29 p.m.

There is a quiet rebellion happening in our homes. It’s not fought with words, but with aches, stiffness, and the deep, inartic…

Published on Jan. 28, 2024, 5:17 p.m.

There is a ritual to it, a quiet ceremony in the analog world. The gentle slide of a record from its sleeve, the soft click as …

Published on Jan. 29, 2024, 10:15 a.m.

There are objects that live with us in silence. They are the first to hold our coffee in the morning and the last to host the g…