Nobel and Tourists

My Neighbour, Me, And A Grand Principle

Ann Finkbeiner | Last Word On Nothing | 19th October 2026

Exuberant anecdote-turned-explainer of homochirality, the work that won this year’s Chemistry Nobel. “Pretty word, ancient Greek, means ‘hand’, I sort of knew what chirality meant: the way the molecule twists itself, spirals toward the left or right, I pictured a snail shell, a DNA molecule, a helix. Turns out every amino acid in every protein in every cell twists toward the left, they are all left-handed” (1,100 words)

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The Boiling Pot Of Tourist Towns

Luke Allen | In The Teeth Of All Hope | 16th July 2026

Small tourist towns are at a point of over-saturation. If you must visit them, this is how not to be a bad tourist. Leave the Bluetooth speakers at home. Don’t use rental apps that are pricing people out of their homes. If you find an unspoiled place, don’t post about it. In essence, “treat the area you are vacationing in as an actual community, rather than a playground that exists solely for your recreation” (2,300 words)