The Lungs of Guatemala City: Architects’ Efforts to Conserve an Urban Ecology
While the architects of Barranco Invertido and their project Jungla Urbana are efforts to conserve and care for the ravines as ecological sites in and of themselves, they are just as much an effort to conserve or reignite a piece of Guatemalan heritage, a shared space and proposition for coalition.
The First Bank of Starbucks
How did an international chain of coffee shops position itself to play a major role in upending not just how payments are made but also the business model of established financial institutions? In a word: technology.
This eight-year-old is inspiring others to edit Wikipedia
Sophia Fairweather is eight years old. She’s an inventor, a startup creator, a mentor, and a proud champion of women in STEM-related fields. She’s also a big advocate of Wikipedia and getting more people to edit the free encyclopedia.
Why Do We Make Bad Stock Decisions?
Generally, investors tend to hold onto losing stocks for too long and sell winning stocks too soon. Behavioral economists have a term for this: the “disposition effect.”
Giving Up Smoking Lowers Risk Of Cognitive Decline
Quit smoking early on to minimize the risk of neurological disease, say researchers in South Korea.