The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• The Erie Canal: How a ‘big ditch’ transformed America’s economy, culture and even religion [11d]
• Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget – how NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off [11d]
• Why are women’s shoes so pointy? A fashion expert on impractical but stylish footwear [11d]
• Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery [11d]
• How mobsters’ own words brought down Philly’s mafia − a veteran crime reporter has the story behind the end of the ‘Mob War’ [11d]
• Gunboat diplomacy: How classic naval coercion has evolved into hybrid warfare on the water [11d]
• Why is Halloween starting so much earlier each year? A business professor explains [11d]
• How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives [11d]
• OpenAI slipped shopping into 800 million ChatGPT users’ chats − here’s why that matters [11d]