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Cars do not equal business activity, especially in a dense city like New York. This is true on many levels, but consider the basic fact that most people sitting in traffic in a city are not shopping; they are sitting in traffic.

In one night in the fall of 2023, more than a thousand migrating birds collided with McCormick Place in Chicago. But, after installing bird-safe film on its window, bird collisions have dropped by more than 95%—a move praised by the Chicago Bird Alliance. blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/09/how…

“A-Ha! Moments in Art and Science" -- those Eureka flashes of insight where new ideas suddenly snap into place: Join artists @TiffanyShlain, Ken Goldberg, and writers @GeoffManaugh and @NicolaTwilley for a lively conversation this Sunday 12-1pm at the Skirball Center in LA.

.nicolatwilley details scientists’ latest attempts to replicate the magical fluid that regulates, heals, and protects every living human: blood. nyer.cm/0SUh84m

Awesome feature by my wife, nicolatwilley, in this week's The New Yorker on the quest to design “a substitute for blood that could be produced at will, stored for eternity, and given to anyone.” Includes both DARPA and a cameo by architect Christopher Wren. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

What a fascinating read! Bee Wilson reviews Nicola Twilley’s new book on refrigeration, one of those subjects that is far more profound that it might at first seem… lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Such a thrill to read Bee Wilson's insightful Frostbite review! nicolatwilley.com/frostbite/

‘Once a person gets a fridge, they feel an urge to fill it with stuff, some of which they have never eaten or drunk before: frozen orange juice, fish fingers, cartons of sweetened yoghurt, bags of mixed salad.’ Bee Wilson on the fridge: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

‘Fridges​ are boxes in which we put food and forget about it. That is both their wonder and their defect.’ Bee Wilson on how refrigeration changed what – and how – we eat: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

"Supremely entertaining" ... "After reading this book, I dare you to look at your dinner plate in the same way!" 😊

Delightful to learn that the Oscars for extras are called the Blurries latimes.com/entertainment-…

NONFICTION 2/2 A Map of Future Ruins by Lauren Markham Riverhead Books Frostbite by nicolatwilley penguinpress

In her new book, Frostbite, journalist Nicola Twilley, AM’01, examines the history of the cold chain and how refrigeration has changed our relationship to food. mag.uchicago.edu/twilley

The EU and UK should be rolling out a red carpet for US scientists right now: nytimes.com/2025/04/16/wel…

I've donated to support this cool pilot initiative to control rats without poisoning everything else, including owls and hawks chicagobirdalliance.org/blog/2025/3/27… You should too!

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