New project: A “Bar Chart Race” animation showing the changing ranks of the 10 biggest cities in the world since 1500. Fascinating to watch giant cities vanish after falling in conquests, and amazing that three UK cities were in the top 8 in the late 1800s.

“I don’t see that human intelligence is something that humans can never understand.” - John McCarthy, founder of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ⁣#StanfordHumanAI

“Photonic levitation and propulsion.” futurism.com/levitation-lig…

A Harvard Professor Says Half of All Colleges Won't Exist in 10 Years (and Why a New Model Might Provide a Better Path to Career Success) via JenniferSertl 💙💛 inc.com/jeff-haden/a-h…

Tests in animals show that genetically modified “smart” bacteria injected into tumours can shrink growths and trigger an immune response that stops cancer spreading newscientist.com/article/219698…

Eating mushrooms (more than two standard portions per week) may reduce the risk of cognitive decline by 50% #longevity sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…

How does talent develop in humans? Via Cultura Colectiva+

New research: 25% of Europeans would rather trust artificial intelligence than politicians to make political choices. #AI metro.co.uk/2019/03/20/one…

.Liam Wong's cyberpunk photos of nocturnal Tokyo: these images reflect an unusual and compelling vision of Japan’s capital, while also containing intriguing visual links to his former career as a games designer bit.ly/2FfGkTv

What could go wrong? This is the #smartcity "utopia" #bigtech and #biggov are trying to sell us. Privacy truely is now only a luxury for the uber-rich. Where's the social justice in that? philly.com/philly/news/cr…

“We need water wastage to be as socially unacceptable as blowing smoke in the face of a baby or throwing your plastic bags into the sea” nytimes.com/2019/03/19/wor…

“A report published by the World Bank predicts that a further 143 million people [climate refugees] will be displaced internally by 2050 across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America alone.”

We don't become fully formed adults until we reach our thirties (if that's a surprise to anyone in 2019, ahem) iflscience.com/health-and-med…

"Terminator"-like liquid metal moves and stretches in 3-D space phys.org/news/2019-03-t…

The Metafly: Biomimetic Ornithopter #InsectDrone

The Rivalry Between Two Doctors to Implant the First Artificial Heart smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-in…

The Pentagon is planning to develop a space-based neutral particle beam anti-missile weapon, aiming to have a prototype system ready for a test in orbit by 2023. "Particle beams are effectively the 'heat rays' or even 'death rays' of science fiction." popularmechanics.com/military/weapo…

The average shower uses between 90 and 180 litres. 📕 Read more: wef.ch/2YirWmj #WorldWaterDay #environment

What could go wrong... Oh what indeed. #AI #watchingyou wired.com/story/online-l…