Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Perfect Online Privacy
True internet privacy could finally become possible thanks to a new tool that can—for instance—let you prove you’re…
2018-03-13
San Francisco’s Ships Sailing Underneath The Sea
Beneath the streets of San Francisco’s financial district lie the remains of dozens of sailing ships that once…
2018-03-13
In Defense Of The Small City
Everyone, including the president, thinks struggling Americans should just move to places like New York. They’re wrong. The…
2018-03-12
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Zero-Carbon Natural Gas
The world is probably stuck with natural gas as one of our primary sources of electricity for the…
2018-03-12
This Is Why Health Has To Be At The Heart Of The New Urban Agenda
Urban experts gathered at the ninth World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur over the past week to discuss progress on…
2018-03-12
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Babel-Fish Earbuds
In the cult sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, you slide a yellow Babel fish into your ear…
2018-03-09
Elephant In The Planning Scheme: How Cities Still Work Around The Dominance Of Parking Space
Car parking is expected but often unnoticed, taking up surprisingly large proportions of city space. A parking bay occupies…
2018-03-09
The World’s Most Powerful Women 2017
Forbes has published its annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds…
2018-03-08
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Dueling Neural Networks
Artificial intelligence is getting very good at identifying things: show it a million pictures, and it can tell…
2018-03-08
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : AI For Everybody
Artificial intelligence has so far been mainly the plaything of big tech companies like Amazon, Baidu, Google, and…
2018-03-08
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : Sensing City
Numerous smart-city schemes have run into delays, dialed down their ambitious goals, or priced out everyone except the…
2018-03-07
Top Breakthrough Technologies For 2018 : 3-D Metal Printing
While 3-D printing has been around for decades, it has remained largely in the domain of hobbyists and…
2018-03-07
Why Buses Could Be History, Sooner Than You Think
In 1890, no one foresaw the rise of the internal combustion engine: horses were the fastest means of…
2018-03-07
Life Imitating Art, Architectures Imitating Nature
“These biomimetic designs reflect the natural world.” Architects have long been inspired by nature. Evidence of its influence…
2018-03-07
Passports For Purchase : Open Citizenship Doors Around The World
Turns out money doesn’t just buy a glamorous vacation in the Caribbean or a killer suite in Quebec…
2018-03-06
This Ancient Clock Rules Our Lives – And Determines Our Health
Our lives are ruled by time; we use time to tell us what to do. But the alarm…
2018-03-06
Is This California Town the Happiest Place in America?
Nestled between San Francisco and Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo has earned a lofty reputation as the happiest…
2018-03-06
Why The Oscars Love Method Actors
Method acting describes a broad framework for training actors to break down, understand, and portray their characters. The…
2018-03-05
Norway Will Spend $13 Million To Upgrade Its Doomsday Seed Vault
Norway will spend 100 million Norwegian Crowns ($12.7 million) to upgrade the doomsday seed vault it built 10 years ago. The…
2018-03-05
Why The World Needs To Get Ready For More People Dying
For decades, lifespans have grown ever longer, delaying the inevitable fact of death. But the coming years will…
2018-03-05
25 Free Things To Do In Vancouver
We love this city, and we love free stuff, so it seemed logical to combine the two and…
2018-03-02
Planning Our Connection To The Natural Landscape
Have we become too detached from our landscapes and our sense of place within the natural world? Is…
2018-03-02
What Would The Ultimate Child-Friendly City Look Like?
The reality for many urban children is too much time spent indoors playing on smartphones – but a…
2018-03-01
The World Needs To Build More Than Two Billion New Homes Over The Next 80 Years
By the end of this century, the world’s population will have increased by half – that’s another 3.6…
2018-03-01
With All Eyes On China, Singapore Makes Its Own Arctic Moves
Asian states are becoming increasingly interested and involved in the Arctic region. This signal was sent in 2013…
2018-03-01
Why Scientists Have Modelled Climate Change Right Up To The Year 2300
The seas will continue to rise for 300 years. That’s the conclusion of a new study, published in Nature…
2018-02-28
Five Jobs That Are Set To Grow In 2018
Technology often gets blamed for job losses, but in some areas it’s spurring big-time demand for workers. The…
2018-02-28
The Immigrant Architects Who Built New York City
The common wisdom is that New York is a city built by immigrants, its spirit and populace formed…
2018-02-28
Stop Saying ‘Smart Cities’
Digital stardust won’t magically make future cities more affordable or resilient. The term “smart city” is interesting yet…
2018-02-28
The 14 Epic Must-See Libraries Of The World
A cab driver once told me that, at the age of eight, he walked 10 miles from his…
2018-02-27
This Vibrant Colonial City In a Volcanic Hot Spot
Despite its vulnerable position, Antigua hosts a colorful collection of well-preserved churches and ruins dating back to the…
2018-02-27
Humanitarian Aid System Is A Continuation Of The Colonial Project
To fix the flawed humanitarian system, practitioners need to collaborate with affected populations as equal partners. The global…
2018-02-27
These Savvy Cities Are Using Tech To Spark Citizen Engagement
In the spring of 2017, the doors to a new type of community center swung open in Louisville,…
2018-02-26
Why Education Is Key To Preserving The Planet
“The evidence is clear: education changes lives, in ways that are often not fully understood.” For instance, quality…
2018-02-26
Do Cities Still Want A Sharing Economy?
Much has been said in recent months about Uber and its travails as a company, with big leadership…
2018-02-26
To Stop Migration, Stop The Abuse Of Africa’s Resources
Europe should tackle migration not by deploying troops, but by curbing economic abuse and destablisation. On January 17,…
2018-02-23
Managing Shrinking Cities In An Expanding World
Urbanisation has been a well-established trend in the 20th and 21st centuries. However, depopulation and deurbanisation in some…
2018-02-23
Can Education Become Truly Egalitarian Worldwide?
The recent Dakar (Senegal) international summit on education concluded on February 3 with the hope to raise $3.1 billion “over…
2018-02-23
Against All Odds : A Brief History Of Casinos
Since the early days of man, gambling has always been part of our society. It seems to be…
2018-02-22
Why Even A Moth’s Brain Is Smarter Than An AI
A neural network that simulates the way moths recognize odors also shows how they learn so much faster…
2018-02-22
Artificial Intelligence Is The Weapon Of The Next Cold War
It is easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with that of the 1980s. The United States and…
2018-02-22
Algorithmic Zoning Could Be The Answer To Cheaper Housing & More Equitable Cities
Zoning codes are a century old, and the lifeblood of all major U.S. cities (except arguably Houston), determining…
2018-02-21
The 5 New Food Halls To Watch For In 2018
Think you need to go to New York or Tokyo to try the food hall trend? Think again!…
2018-02-20
Singapore : New Ideas To Feed A Growing Island
With a goal to reach a total land size of 76,600ha by 2030, compared with the 71,990ha last…
2018-02-20
When Technology, Empathy, And Accessible Design Meet In These Good Cities
Most cities are utterly unfriendly to people with disabilities – but with almost one billion estimated to be…
2018-02-19
How Winter Olympic Athletes Cope With The Cold
The canvas of white currently fascinating many viewers of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang may seem totally foreign…
2018-02-19
The Tricks Propagandists Use To Beat Science
A model of the way opinions spread reveals how propagandists use the scientific process against itself to secretly…
2018-02-19
The Seven Deadly Sins Of AI Predictions
Mistaken extrapolations, limited imagination, and other common mistakes that distract us from thinking more productively about the future.…
2018-02-16