Why ugly buildings create NIMBYism(worksinprogress.news)

11 points by bensouthwood 2 months ago | 10 comments

The great shift of English prose(worksinprogress.news)

51 points by dsubburam 9 months ago | 39 comments

Centuries of selective breeding turned wild cabbage into different vegetables(worksinprogress.news)

115 points by bensouthwood 7 months ago | 46 comments

What on Earth Is Dekton?(worksinprogress.news)

141 points by wawayanda 10 days ago | 51 comments

A Works in Progress feature by Charles C Mann exploring porcelain and the engineered stone material Dekton, prompted by a pricey kitchen stove.

Why the Bronze Age Collapsed(worksinprogress.news)

377 points by AnodicElegy 27 days ago | 259 comments

A Works in Progress newsletter feature by Patrick Fitzsimmons arguing that drought, famine and invaders cannot explain why Bronze Age empires never recovered.

How big data created the modern dairy cow(worksinprogress.co)

42 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 39 comments