All Aboard the Bureaucracy Train

The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world and that’s because we refuse to learn from experts, other countries, and our own history –Alon Levy Alon Levy is a Fellow in the Transportation and Land Use program of the NYU Marron Institute. Alon Levy interviewed at Asterisk: Asterisk: The overarching question inContinue reading “All Aboard the Bureaucracy Train”

What’s a Group of Ravens Called?

These super-smart birds recognize other friendly birds, as well as human faces. By the way, the only bird that dares to peck an eagle is the raven. How an eagle handles a raven? Curated by Irshad Salim, Karachi. Email: [email protected]

Winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024

The winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024 competition were announced in an award ceremony in Mayfair, London. Participants submitted their pics in 13 categories, including Macro, Wide Angle, Behavior and Wreck photography, as well as 4 categories for photos taken specifically in British waters. The contest celebrates photography beneath the surface ofContinue reading “Winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024”

Ant Geopolitics

Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows our own John Witfield at Aeon Magazine: It is a familiar story: a small group of animals living in a wooded grassland begin, against all odds, to populate Earth. At first, they occupy a specific ecological placeContinue reading “Ant Geopolitics”

The Atlantic Ocean is Headed for a Tipping Point

Once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows René van Westen, Henk A. Dijkstra, and Michael Kliphuis in The Conversation: Instruments deployed in the ocean starting in 2004 show that the Atlantic Ocean circulation has observably slowed over the past two decades, possibly to its weakest state in almost a millennium.Continue reading “The Atlantic Ocean is Headed for a Tipping Point”