they used the model of a crosswalk to develop a theory as to how much "angular spread" – pedestrians veering off these invisible lanes – it would take for order to descend into chaos.

MIT scientists found that when people veer more than 13 degrees off-course in a crowd, orderly walking breaks down into ...

The essay collection “Silent Catastrophes” explores how we might navigate the end of empire and the rise of authoritarianism.

Author Dar Dowling chatted about her new bestselling poetry book “Echoes of Darku.” Her book reached No. 1 in Amazon’s ...

I’ve lived in a few big cities in my life. I grew up in Australia, spent a fair amount of time living in Singapore, and have ...

The city, where order reigns within chaos, was a constant reminder that it is possible for dualities to exist together. A talisman on the arm of a well-suited person or managing to get yourself a ...

“Maybe art didn’t put anything into order,” Di thinks, rightly, at one point. “Maybe it reflected back the chaos, the ambiguity, the vertigo of living.” Although it relies on a ...

With a cult of cost-chainsawing threatening every facet of the US government, what might become of the tens of thousands of ...

Tens of thousands of partying rugby fans from around the world tested Hong Kong’s new 50,000-seat stadium over the weekend, ...

The progressive order with the rebellious spirit ... grocery stores and the chaos of the urban built environment. “Her art was a tool for change,” Scott says. “I think of her as a social ...