biologySleeping Beauty, UndergroundWill the leguminous Prince find her? And what root will he take? This story can also be read on Medium [https://medium.com/snipette/sleeping-beauty-underground-d87ba46df792?source=friends_li...
BooksBook DesignI was reading a ‘book’ the other day. It was designed quite well. The hardest part of software design (or so they say) is not the program logic or intricate algorithms. It’s not the tracking...
cultureRoad RulesNo jaywalking allowed? Actually, roads were for people. Here’s how the cars took over. The city centre of Bogotá is quiet. Well, quieter than you might expect. The low purr of engines and th...
BooksSoundless WordsIn order to truly read quickly, we need a language that’s seen and not heard. There are no staff in the Ximen Intelligent Library of Taipei. You pick the books you want, and an automated sys...
Bellandur LakeThe Burning LakeDrought, overuse, tourism, climate change? No: here, the problems are different. There is a place, where the road narrows for a few dozen choked meters, and runs right alongside the rajakalu...
AlgorithmsA PromotionWhen chess moves are logical but don’t make sense My brother was once playing chess against a computer. He was winning the game, though both sides had only a few pieces left. The computer h...
