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Insulation > power
When energy is cheap, people build buildings that are poorly insulated. It’s faster and cheaper in the short run. In the long run, though, insulation always wins. You invest in it once and get the rewards forever. And of course, this is true for all things, not just buildings.
Lessons in Creativity from Rick Rubin: Focus on Your Art, Not the Audience
If you’ve heard Run‑D.M.C.‘s Raising Hell, Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut, Johnny Cash’s American Recordings, or Adele’s 21, you’ve heard the work of Rick Rubin. Yet even if you’ve listened closely to every song on which he’s been credited as a producer over the
‘Actually Really Sacred’: A George Saunders Reading List
Nine essays and interviews from literature's favorite laureate of compassion.
Enjoy a Medieval Cover of R.E.M.‘s “Losing My Religion”
?si=2xjPU8WlS7Yk5tRI During her lifetime, the medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) composed roughly 77 songs and hymns. She remains the earliest known woman composer in Western classical music and one of the most important composers of the High Middle Ages. In her
Albert Camus on How to Live Whole in a Broken World
Born into a World War to live through another, Albert Camus (November 7, 1913–January 4, 1960) died in a car crash with an unused train ticket to the same destination in his pocket. Just three years earlier, he had become the second-youngest laureate of the Nobel Prize in
Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
A hymn of rage, a hymn of redemption, and a timeless love letter to the possible.
Is There a God? Stephen Hawking Gives the Definitive Answer to the Eternal Question
"The universe is the ultimate free lunch."
Scott Galloway Explains How YOU Can Stop Government Overreach Using the Power of Your Purse
Above, Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher explain how everyday Americans can push back against government overreach—by focusing on the economic decisions they make each day. “Trump does not respond to outrage. He responds to markets,” says Galloway. Ergo, it’s time for an
Artists Memorialize Alex Pretti, Minneapolis Man Killed by Border Patrol
Fury and grief are reverberating through the creative community after federal agents shot the 37-year-old ICU nurse.
An Exclusive Look Inside the Largest Effort Ever Mounted to Keep the Great Barrier Reef Alive
"Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really matters."
Influential Art Dealer Marian Goodman Dies at 97
The gallerist who put many European artists on the map in the US described her approach as finding a “humanistic concern” across different visual practices.
A Delightfully Tactile Stop-Motion Music Video Pieces Together 300 Ceramic Tiles
Julia Fernandez's stop-motion animation for "Dirt" is a poetic ode to two tactile media. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A Delightfully Tactile
Your 2026 Art Book Reading List
Plus, a sexual history of the internet as told by sex workers and cyberfeminists.
Cephalopod Atlas: Stunning, Sensual Illustrations from the World’s First Encyclopedia of Octopus and Squid Wonders from the Ocean Depths
Ravishing otherworldly wonders of the cosmos beneath the surface, from the first expedition to prove that life exists in the depths.
The African Diaspora Pictures Itself
A new exhibition rejects Western colonialism as a framework for understanding African aesthetic production.
This Handprint May Be the World's Oldest Rock Art
The painting predates 66,000 year-old rock art attributed to Neanderthals in Spain, which was previously believed to be the earliest example of its kind.
A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK. “The...
A collection of dartboards used in different areas of the UK . “The closure of pubs and leagues not being fed with new players, unfortunately, leads to some of the boards just being consigned to history.”
Scientists have detected a swole neutrino, a potential signal from a primordial...
Scientists have detected a swole neutrino , a potential signal from a primordial black hole, which may have formed “before there were even atoms, let alone stars”.
The Best Book Covers of the Past Decade
Every year since 2016, Literary Hub has asked a group of book cover designers for their picks for the best book covers of the year. Using 10 years of data, here are their picks for the best covers of the last decade . I’ve included a few of my personal favorites below.
Painted LEGO Bricks Appear to Move and Vibrate in Katherine Duclos’ Assemblages
The Vancouver-based artist employs the colorful bricks in a variety of geometric patterns and low-relief textures. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article
The Pleasure of Being Left Alone
"An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking it, dripping like music from the walls... A peace for gods; a divine emptiness."
“For a month, I tried: swapping my iPhone for a Nokia which...
“For a month, I tried: swapping my iPhone for a Nokia which I can only use to text, call and play Snake; also, a Walkman and a film camera. I picked up physical copies of books, newspapers…” What Emma Russell learned from her digital detox .
Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot Meet as Equals
An exhibition sets out to rescue Morisot from the assumption that she was under Manet’s influence, but it's far from academic or revisionist.
In ‘Reading the Rooms,’ Gretchen Scherer ‘Opens Up’ Historic, Art-Filled Spaces
There's something ineffably satisfying about a room in miniature. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In ‘Reading the Rooms,’ Gretchen Scherer ‘Opens
“The imperial boomerang is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques...
“The imperial boomerang is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques to control colonial territories will eventually deploy those same techniques domestically against their own citizens.”
M. Gessen: “It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic...
M. Gessen: “It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror. ”
Thomas Zimmer on the stakes of Minnesota’s struggle against tyranny. “A society...
Thomas Zimmer on the stakes of Minnesota’s struggle against tyranny . “A society that has any aspiration to be free and democratic cannot — it must not! — tolerate the existence of an agency like ICE.”
ICE/DHS has killed nine people in 2026 (that we know of): Keith...
ICE/DHS has killed nine people in 2026 (that we know of) : Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos, Alex Pretti, and Renee Good.
Emily Witt reports on The Battle for Minneapolis for the New Yorker....
Emily Witt reports on The Battle for Minneapolis for the New Yorker. “Federal agents attempting to stop U.S. citizens from monitoring them have broken observers’ car windows, doused them with pepper spray, and shoved protesters to the ground.”