What if you could actually see the electromagnetic environment around you? This remarkable artwork did exactly that. One of the most striking visual demonstrations of electromagnetic fields ever created was FIELD, an installation by British artist Richard Box in 2004 while Artist-in-Residence at the University of Bristol's Physics Department. The work... Read more
A recent Swiss study examining more than 3.5 million adults over an 18-year period found a positive association between long-term residential exposure to magnetic fields from high-voltage power lines and mortality from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The study adds to a growing body of research exploring how... Read more
Here's a thing............ AFTER YEARS OF FLYING... I ONLY JUST DISCOVERED YOU CAN OPT OUT OF THE AIRPORT BODY SCANNER. I genuinely didn't know that. Considering what I do for a living... ...that's probably the biggest surprise of all. Because if there's one thing I'm constantly aware of, it's the... Read more
Smart Hotels Are Everywhere. So Why Are Guests Paying to Switch Off? I recently read an article about how smart hotel design is reshaping hospitality through AI, automation, connected devices and personalised guest experiences. It made me smile. Not because I disagreed with it—but because of the irony. At... Read more
Technology, Nature and the Questions We Haven't Fully Answered Human history is full of innovations that delivered enormous benefits while also creating unintended consequences that only became apparent decades later. Lead in petrol. Asbestos. Certain pesticides. Industrial chemicals. In each case, society initially focused on the benefits and only later... Read more
Why Recovery Culture Isn't a Trend—It's an Essential Correction I recently read an article in Forbes about why recovery culture suddenly seems to be everywhere, and it struck a nerve. Recovery culture — the growing focus on practices that help the body and nervous system restore and regulate from the... Read more
With more than 21 billion mobile devices in use around the world—outnumbering the global population by over two to one—we are living in an unprecedented sea of electromagnetic exposure. According to a sweeping and deeply critical review by Professor James C. Lin, a former professor of electrical engineering at... Read more
