Cover art by John Beske
Gridlocked: Saving Ourselves from Sprawl
by James B. Goodno
Automobile-focused suburban design creates environmental problems, including increased air pollution and the disappearance of open space.
Infill: An Antidote to Sprawl?
by Jonn Salovaara
From a sociologist’s point of view, infill development may be a partial antidote to sprawl, but the issue is much more complicated than it seems.
Infill and Transit: Made for Each Other
Sensible Growth in Chicagoland
by Bobbye Middendorf
Under the visionary direction of a group of regional leaders, there may be hope for sensible transportation, housing, jobs, and open lands.
Can You Move to the Country?
by Claudia M. Lenart
Many urban dwellers at some point have an experience with country living that leaves them thinking wistfully of moving to the country.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
by Brian Peters
The idea of education stands at the very heart of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Here’s a look at the museum and what’s happening there.
Chronic Pain
by Jerry E. Wesch, Ph.D.
Throughout time, the burning, stabbing, tearing universal phenomenon of pain has captured our attention like almost no other human experience.
Pain’s Dirty Little Secret
A Vision of Harmony
by Wayne Teasdale
South Africa and Cape Town enthusiastically embraced the Parliament and the approximately eight thousand participants this past December.
Men are Particles, Women are Waves
by Lance Hardie
The particle-wave paradox. This dual nature of subatomic entities doesn’t differ much from what psychologists have discovered in human beings.