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As Europe Goes to LEDs, Scientists Worry
There was a time when street lighting means someone had to go light the lamps. Electricity changed that, but street and outdoor lighting has been quietly going through a new revolution: LEDs. The problem, though, is that LEDs provide what scientists call “broad white” light and there are concerns about the impact the unnatural lighting…
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Searching for Mr. X
For eight years, a man without a memory lived among strangers at a hospital in Mississippi. But was recovering his identity the happy ending he was looking for? By Laura Todd Carns The Atavist Magazine, No. 119 Laura Todd Carns is a writer based in suburban Maryland. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post,……
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The Snitch
THE SNITCH In Scott Kimball, the FBI thought it had found a high-value informant who could help solve big cases. What it got instead was lies, betrayal, and murder. By Jordan Michael Smith The Atavist Magazine, No. 115 Jordan Michael Smith is a journalist, ghostwriter, and speechwriter. He is the author of Humanity: How Jimmy……
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Invisible Kid
Invisible KidSentenced to life in prison at 16, Adolfo Davis hoped a Supreme Court ruling would give him a chance at a new beginning. But nothing about freedom turned out as he expected. BY MADDY CROWELLPHOTOGRAPHS BY AKILAH TOWNSEND The Atavist Magazine, No. 114 Maddy Crowell has written for Harper’s, The Guardian, and The Point.……
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The Gilded Age
Gold mined in the jungles of Peru brought riches to three friends in Miami—but it also carried ruin. TheGildedAge BY SCOTT EDEN ’Tis goldWhich makes the true man kill’d and saves the thief;Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man: whatCan it not do and undo?—William Shakespeare, Cymbeline The Atavist Magazine, No. 111 Scott Eden is……
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