Instead of a traditional street grid, the design employs a network of public squares surrounded by massive, interconnected skyscrapers. In 1980, only 30,000 people lived in Shenzhen, China.... Read more
Double a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT researchers think they know why. In 2010, in the journal Nature, a pair of physicists at the Santa Fe Instit... Read more
Israeli biotech firm says its modified eucalyptus trees can displace the fossil fuel industry It’s a timber company’s dream but a horrific industrial vision for others: massive p... Read more
Everyone seems, dare we say, pretty optimistic The 6th Annual Hub Culture Zeitgeist skids into place having rounded the bases a bit slower than usual, with a focus on the heavyweights... Read more
People seriously want to get rich. China’s huge population and booming economy is turning into a new world power, but what is creating that success, how secure is it, and what d... Read more
The second Global Automotive Forum (GAF) will be held in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan province on Oct 10 and 12. The theme for this year’s forum is “From V... Read more
There is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy, which is what we have in America today. Read more
Image via Wikipedia China already has the most advanced and extensive high speed rail line in the world, and soon that network will be connected all the way to Europe and the UK! With initia... Read more