Latest by Marcus Ito
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Culture
The architects of silence — why Brutalism endures
Concrete and controversy, half a century on. The buildings everyone hated are now the ones people queue to photograph.
Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Science
Inside the lab chasing room-temperature superconductors
After a year of retractions, one team thinks it finally has the real thing.
Jun 20, 2026 · 1 min read
Science
The enzyme that eats plastic — and what comes next
Engineered to break down PET in hours, it could reshape recycling.
May 28, 2026 · 2 min read
History
The oral histories of the Great Plague
New analysis of survivor accounts from the Black Death reveals how communities described — and made sense of — an event that killed half of Europe.
May 10, 2026 · 2 min read