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Nicola Twilley

Arts Food

A Cocktail Party In The Street

An interview with Alan Stillman, who in 1965 founded T.G.I. Friday’s, the first singles bar in America.

Krista Ninivaggi, Nicola Twilley Edible Geography Nov 2010 15min Permalink

Science

The Neuroscience of Pain

Discovering why we hurt.

Nicola Twilley New Yorker May 2016 25min Permalink

Science

The Billion-Year Wave

The inside story of how scientists finally proved that gravitational waves exist.

Nicola Twilley New Yorker Feb 2016 20min Permalink

Science

The Price of Cold

On frozen dumplings, industrial freezers, and what the future could hold after China’s burgeoning refrigeration boom.

Nicola Twilley New York Times Magazine Jul 2014 20min Permalink

The Coldscape

Our entire way of life depends upon the “cold chain,” the network of artificially refrigerated spaces that have reshaped the modern world.

Nicola Twilley Cabinet Nov 2012 10min Permalink