Below is the presentation from the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2010 by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) that outlines their plan to use a proposed new rail line to link Copenhagen and Malm and their surrounding cities into a binational metropolitan area. Ideas as big as this demonstrate that the solutions to our modern problems need to step beyond the preheld definitions of things even as foundational as nations and territories in order for us to use the world as efficiently and sustainably as we can.

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I had the honour of not only being a contributor but also of designing the cover which, with the help of the keen photographic eye of Leigh Peterson, turned out quite decent.
Best of all it is for a good cause: all profits will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. …

This weekend’s NY Times magazine features a brilliant article by Michael Lewis that takes a look at the career of NBA forward Shane Battier, a player who on paper appears unremarkable: a low scorer with few rebounds or blocks to his name. But upon deeper investigation, by stepping outside of the normal stats and figures and looking at more abstract reports on player performance, what becomes remarkably clear is this one indisputable fact: when Battier is on the court, not only does his team play much better, but the opposing …

1) You are sitting on a stage, wearing a blind-fold. 2) Every electrical device in the building around you is on. 3) Suddenly, you detect a slight difference, a vague change in sonic pressure somewhere, as if an extremely distant mosquito has been swatted – a spot of silence, as it were, has appeared in the room. 4) “Toaster, fourth floor!” you call out – and you’re right. Someone turned off the toaster. 5) You win a trip to France.
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Jacque Fresco designs the civilizations of the future; and in the process, he defines how the human race will need to change in order to get there.

Two legends, evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers (above right) and linguist Noam Chomsky meet for the first time in their respective careers to discuss the topic of deceit over at the always curious Seed Magazine.