About Hypertextual
Hypertextual starts with a strange fact, an overlooked detail, a number that shouldn’t make sense.
From there, I try to answer the obvious question: what’s really going on? I write about climate, AI, space, energy, cities, and whatever else helps explain how the world works today. You’ll get clear explanations built from real evidence, plus the occasional odd detour when a fact leads somewhere interesting.
About me
I’m Elia Kabanov, a London-based science writer and editor. For more than twenty years, I’ve written about mammoths in Siberia, telescopes mapping the Universe, and climate change reshaping daily life. My work and expert comments have appeared in the BBC, The New York Times, Grist, Mother Jones, Slate, Le Monde, and elsewhere. I like tracing ideas across centuries, from ancient engineering to generative AI, and showing how they shape the world we live in now.
