The Surprisingly Hopeful Quest to Fix Concrete
by Sara Herschander
What happens when the concrete beneath a city starts pulling carbon from the air?
0:00 / 10:25 · Narrator Sulafat
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2026-10-15
Today's Crosscut
Losing Our Microbes
Trading foraged plants for processed food wiped out the ancient bacteria humans once carried, quietly rewriting everything from daily digestion to how a newborn builds a healthy brain.
Did Industrialization Gut Our Microbiomes? A New Study on Rural Foraging Communities in South America and Africa Hints the Answer is Yes × Opinion: We Think a Baby’s Gut Microbiome Could Be Key to Lifelong Brain Health
0:00 / 19:33 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
How Generative AI is Scaling Transnational Repression
by Kate Pundyk
How does an AI turn an exile's digital life into a map for hunting them across borders?
0:00 / 14:33 · Narrator Gacrux
For the curious →
How Does Touch Lead to Pain or Pleasure?
by Janna Levin and Steven Strogatz
Why does the exact same touch feel comforting from a friend but threatening from a stranger?
0:00 / 1:00:45 · Narrator Algieba
‘You Can See Everything’ Review
by Sonny Bunch
Can a film tell the truth when the director and the subject are both famous for lying?
0:00 / 8:00 · Narrator Charon