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Cobe and Arup unveil elevated Metro station in Copenhagen docklands
Cobe and Arup have designed the elevated Orienktaj and underground Nordhavn Metro stations in a docklands area of Copenhagen. Architecture studio Cobe and engineering firm Arup have designed the elevated Orienktaj and underground Nordhavn Metro stations as part of … Continue reading
Banksy proposes reinstating Colston statue as part of memorial to slavery | Dezeen
Tom Ravenscroft | 11 June 2020 18 comments Graffiti artist Banksy has created a sketch for a slavery memorial in Bristol that would incorporate slave-trader Edward Colston and the protesters who tore his statue down. Banksy, whose identity is unknown … Continue reading
The ungoverned globe | Aeon
Benjamin Studebaker is a graduate teaching assistant in politics and international studies at the University of Cambridge and a teaching associate at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The end of the liberal order would unleash chaos; its continuance means … Continue reading
Earth from Space: Barcelona
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain, in this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme. Download the image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Im…
A day in the life of an ancient Peruvian shaman – Gabriel Prieto
Follow Quexo, a Peruvian shaman, as he searches for cinnabar to complete a special ritual that will protect his village from winter storms. — The year is 1400 BCE. At the temple of the fisherman, the morning is unusually still … Continue reading
Obama addresses police killing of George Floyd and nationwide protests
Former President Barack Obama spoke in a virtual town hall Wednesday about the recent protests over the police killing of George Floyd. He says young people have the power and talent to make change.
A 20,000-Square-Foot Tribute to Healthcare Workers Emerges at Queens Museum
In the Queens Museum parking lot, Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada (previously) has painted a 20,000-square-foot mural as both an act of gratitude to Latinx healthcare workers, who have risked their own safety to care for others, and a nationwide call to … Continue reading
One reason why coronavirus hits black people the hardest
Toxic air can weaponize the coronavirus. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Across the US, black people are dying from Covid-19 at disproportionately high rates. While there are many different factors at play behind the stark racial disparities — there’s … Continue reading
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all?
Large numbers of people working close together in a cold environment may make meatpacking plants fertile ground for the novel coronavirus. By Kai KupferschmidtMay. 19, 2020 , 5:25 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. … Continue reading
A.I. Is Monitoring You Right Now and Here’s How It’s Using Your Data
There’s wisdom in crowds, and scientists are applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to better predict global crises and outbreaks.
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