1. It’s time to ask nature
Rabbit hole alert! A database of solutions from nature that humans can draw inspiration from. How does nature…process information? Protect from pathogens? Create community? Produce colour? Distribute resources? I’ve barely scratched the surface and I’m completely fascinated. Go ask nature.
2. How to bring a language to the future
Have you ever thought about what it’s like when you cannot use your own language online? As in: You literally cannot type it in a chat message or a Google doc? In fact, that’s the case for a majority of languages, and not just those spoken by very few people. Meet the people fighting to digitally preserve Urdu, benefiting 70 million native speakers in Pakistan and India. Read it now.
3. The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record
A vivid time-travel into our planet’s climate past, where there are rainforests in the Arctic, camels in Canada, and the Amazon is running backwards. It’s stunning that we’re able to study …