Articles By

Michael Cervieri

Michael Cervieri runs digital at Studio Ronaut. He’s taught at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs and its Graduate School of Journalism. Along the way he won an Emmy in advanced media.
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Ecology

A Body Called Life

In this fascinatingly clever short film, a young man explores the microscopic world in order to make sense of his own.

Seeds Planted

Sensory perception has stymied thinkers for millennia. The discovery of a new color might change that.

A thousand UK musicians release a silent album protesting a government proposal that lets AI companies freely pillage their work.

What happens when USAID is gone? It's only been a few days and so far it's chaos.

Potatoes are awesome. Big Potato, not so much. In the United States, it faces lawsuits over price fixing.

A delivery truck carrying 44,000 pounds of chickpeas combusted as it drove through California’s Death Valley. We did the math. That’s a lot of hummus.

Three oarfish washed up on California's shore in the last few months. Scientists only know of 19 in the previous 123 years. What gives?

"Having spent a lifetime trying to speak what I believe to be the truth, I am profoundly disturbed to find that these days, my identity is being stolen by others and greatly object to them using it to say whatever they wish." – David Attenborough

As mountaineers trek to remote areas that most scientists can't get to, a research partnership is born.

A 1958 film directed by Frank Capra, funded by AT&T and aired on American TV warns us about climate change... Yes, in 1958, almost seventy years ago.

How do you track rare birds if you don't know their songs? Researchers are hoping AI can help

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Hello,

I’m traveling through the end of the month and won’t be posting.

I will be preparing for an actual Tree Dance launch so I can hit the ground running when I’m back.

Thank you for the kind words and feedback you’ve provided over the last three months as we soft-launched the site.

I’m excited to see what happens once we actually get going. I thank you for your company as we begin this journey – Michael