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Why Car-Free Streets May Be Here to Stay
While increasing automobile traffic has been a growing problem in major U.S. cities, the threat of Covid-19 has revealed what life could look like without car-clogged streets. This dramatic change triggered by pandemic shutdowns may lead to significant and permanent … Continue reading
The Thinkers Edition: Life in the City, The Monocle Weekly – Radio
In In the first of a new series of The Monocle Weekly, Andrew Mueller hosts a panel discussion with leading academics and analysts in urbanism and sociology, taking a deeper look at the changing make-up of our cities and social … Continue reading
Why 25 degrees really is hot in the UK | Did You Know?
It’s just summer in Australia, but it’s a “deadly heatwave” over there. We’re all used to different climates, and heatwaves are relative, but there’s more to it. In Australia and other hotter climates, buildings are built to keep cool in … Continue reading
How This Guy Builds Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculptures | Obsessed | WIRED
A self-taught artist with a background in physics, David C. Roy has been creating mesmerizing wooden kinetic sculptures for nearly 40 years. Powered solely through mechanical wind-up mechanisms, pieces can run up to 48 hours on a single wind.
Manchester to Chorlton Cycleway – CYCLOPS junction
The first section of the Manchester to Chorlton Cycleway is now open, and features segregated cycleways and the CYCLOPS junction at Royce Road, a first-of-its-kind cycle junction in the UK.
How The Staircase Made The Victorians Suffer | Absolute History
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb finds out just how dangerous the Victorian staircase actually was.
Design Ethics of Humane Technology | Pawel Pokutycki | TEDxErasmusUniversityRotterdam
As an interaction designer, thinker and lecturere, Pawel Pokutycki talks about the relationship between technology and society. His unique perspective shows us the importance of incorporating ethics into design processes to ensure that we remain in control of the technologies … Continue reading
What do all languages have in common? – Cameron Morin
Dig into Noam Chomsky’s theory of universal grammar and decide: are there universal grammar rules and are they hardwired into our brains? — Language is endlessly variable. Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in … Continue reading
The smallest stage in the world …Armin Küpper : “A rainy day in the tube” Saxophon in a pipe
A rainy day in the tube – Armin Küpper (Projekt : Tubesound ) If you want to send me something for this lonely concert, thank you!!! https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr… When I started my bike that day to make music, the sky still … Continue reading
This Cell Might Hold the Answer to a Universal Cure for Cancer
There are a couple of different types of immunotherapy, but this new discovery points to a facet of our immune system that could be harnessed to treat all cancers, according to researchers. These recent findings, published in Nature Immunology, relate … Continue reading
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