Goats and Soda

editor's note

Dear readers,

Every fall the MacArthur Foundation crowns a new class of "geniuses" -- innovators and advocates who are making a name in science, in the arts, in human rights and humanitarian efforts.

It's been our honor to speak to many of these honorees -- like anthropologist Amber Wutich, who has devoted her career to fighting "water insecurity," and Stacy Jupiter, a "marine scientist who embraces flash mobs and comic books."

This year our contributor Ari Daniel interviewed archaeologist Kristina Douglass, who was doing the dishes in her slippers when she received the call from the MacArthur Foundation. Her research on how ancient peoples in Madagascar coped with climate change holds lessons for the 21st century.

Read the story here.

Marc Silver,
Editor, Goats and Soda

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