the reading atlas

Orbis is in test. The readings here are provisional.

Health

  1. A glass of water and a wall thermometer in hard afternoon light.

    Why the same heat kills more in some places

    A heat wave is counted twice: by thermometers, and by the registers of deaths.

    9 October 2026

  2. Two loaves, wheat grains and a glass of water.

    Bread on the table, and diabetes

    What the grain has kept matters more than whether bread is eaten at all.

    6 October 2026

  3. An unmade bed and a window onto city lights.

    How do city lights affect sleep?

    Most people now live under a night sky that never fully darkens.

    30 September 2026

  4. A closed notebook, a glass of water and cotton gloves.

    The register of trials

    A study that never enters a public register is harder to find, and harder to count.

    19 August 2025