Really interesting (to me) ‘Thought Nuggets’ I’ve read, watched or listened to this past month. Things that helped me think a little harder, and learn a little more.
Meet the women who turned beach cleanups into a global movement – and what was forgotten along the way
In the 1980s, beach cleanups were envisaged as citizen science, aimed squarely at industrial pollution.
To understand how AI will reconfigure humanity, try this German fairytale | Clemens J Setz
Artificial intelligence will replace creativity with something closer to magical wishing. The challenge for future generations will be dealing with the feeling of emptiness that leaves us with
Madikwe elephants: North West Parks shows the Parliament finger
North West Parks seems hell-bent on hunting and culling elephants and seems prepared to thumb its nose at parliamentarians trying to find solutions.
Goodbye to electricity bills-in Brazil, a homemade solar heater made from plastic bottles has already changed thousands of lives
Sometimes the best ideas are born in the simplest way. That was what José Alano, a retired mechanic from Tubarão, Brazil, demonstrated when in 2002 he decided
The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China
China and America don’t know it yet, but the artificial intelligence revolution is going to drive them closer together, not farther apart. The rise of A.I. will force them to fiercely compete for dominance and — at the same time and with equal energy — cooperate at a depth our two countries have never attempted before. They will have no choice.
Why do only humans weep? The evolutionary puzzle of crying.
Steven Pinker examines how crying may have evolved as part of a suite of emotional expressions aimed at strengthening social bonds.
