What If the Entire World's Population Lived in One City?
Here’s a thought exercise that starts getting kind of gross the deeper you dive into it: what if the entire world’s…
Watch a Huge Crowd of People Miraculously Make Way for an Ambulance to Get Through
I think parting the Red Sea is easier than getting a huge crowd of people at a festival to make way for an ambulance…
See the Exact Moment the World's Biggest Cities Were Born
The world is urbanizing faster than ever, with over half of the planet’s population currently living in cities—more…
Millennials Will Live in Cities Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen Before
It’s actually hard to know what to believe about millennials, the Americans born after 1980 who make up the largest…
This Plan to Turn Stockholm Into a City Full of Sky Ways Looks Incredible
We know that cities will need to get taller and denser in the next few decades. Yet it’s not easy to convince residents…
What Happens When You Step On Molten Lava? This Video May Surprise You
Definitely don't try this at home (or if you happen across a volcanic vent), but if you've ever wondered what would…
The US Cities That Allow the Tiniest Apartments (Not Where You'd Think)
The development of micro-housing—apartments and other dwellings smaller than 300 square feet—is a growing trend in many…
This Century-Old Detroit Building Is Now the Cadillac of Office Spaces
The news that Cadillac is moving its Detroit headquarters to New York City delivered quite a blow to Detroit's ongoing…
Google and Microsoft Are Mapping Favelas So They Can Sell Things There
The twisting sidewalks and dizzying density of Brazil's favelas might deter most outsiders from navigating these…
Why Sprawling LA Could Be Denser Than NYC in a Decade
By 2025, the biggest cities in the world will not only be bigger, but exceptionally denser. According to a new study,…
Maybe Los Angeles Isn't as Sprawling as You Think
A new report from Smart Growth America suggests that the Southland isn't as sprawling as old clichés might suggest.
Tall Is Good: How a Lack of Building Up Is Keeping Our Cities Down
Early in Spike Jonze’s film Her, Joaquin Phoenix’s character gazes out his Los Angeles window. As the camera pans, we…
The Most Crowded Part of the Whole World Fits in This One Small Circle
East Asia is a crowded place. The crazy-cramped architecture of locales like Hong Kong gives you an idea. But this image
A simple but elegant demonstration of fluid density
Really loving this demonstration of fluid density from Victoria, Canada's School-Based Weather Station Network. It's…
Your Next Party Trick: Turn Water into Whiskey
Filmmaker Casey Neistat shows a neat trick that can turn a shot full of water into a shot filled with whiskey all…
Incredible Earthlike planet has the density of solid lead
At first, the exoplanet 55 Cancri e didn't look all that impressive: just another large rocky planet circling its star…
What Is This?
This one may be too easy, but I had forgotten how beautiful it can be. So, what is it? Stylized ornaments? Blowing…
Neutron Star Crusts Are 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel
A teaspoon of this stuff would weigh 100 million tons, and the only thing more dense is a black hole. Space is weird.
What Will It Take To Shrink Our Homes?
In twenty years, people will want homes that are half the size of today's mini-mansions, for half the price, a leading…
New Hard Drive Sensors to Increase Density 5x, Read Times By 10x
Physics researchers are hard at work making sure you can store those episodes of House on your hard drive for as long…