All articles from Works in Progress
Apply for Invisible College 2026
After two years of success, our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds is returning again
The death rays that guard life, Out Loud
We disinfect water before we drink it. Germicidal ultraviolet could make airborne disease as rare as those carried by water.
Egg freezing, Australian refugee policy and ASML
A preview of everything to come in Issue 23
The creation of instant coffee
The convenience of instant coffee masks a surprisingly difficult problem.
Inflatable space stations, Out Loud
If we ever want to live in space, we need to work out a way of creating artificial gravity.
The cruise missiles of medicine
It’s incredibly hard to deliver drugs to the right organ, especially to reach the brain. Microbubbles could change that.