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What’s the Difference Between a Megacity, a Metropolis, a Megalopolis and a Global City? Historically, the size or population of a settlement was a general indicator of its importance—the bigger city, the more power it yields—however, with the large rural-to-urban migration of the last century, it has become harder to define what makes a city important. Growth…

MERCER’S ANNUAL COST OF LIVING SURVEY FINDS ASIAN, EUROPEAN, AND AFRICAN CITIES MOST EXPENSIVE LOCATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES According to Mercer’s 24th annual Cost of Living Survey, factors like instability of housing markets, low inflation, and fluctuating prices for goods and services are impacting the cost of doing business in various cities around the world. THE FUTURE OF…

When did humans first learn to count? Realize that it took thousands of years to progress from counting “one, two, many” to our modern mathematical world. Too smart, too successful: Mongolia’s superwomen struggle to find husbands Highly educated women far outnumber men in the capital – making it difficult for them to find a partner. This…

China is trying to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions The planned city clusters are far larger than any others around the world. How Casinos Use Math To Make Money When You Play The Slots Slot machines remain the most important money-making part of casinos in the United States. In many states, casinos…

The World’s Fastest-Growing Megacities The seven largest megacities (defined as areas of continuous urban development of over 10 million people) are located in Asia, based on a roundup of the latest population data released last month by Wendell Cox’s Demographia. China, not surprisingly, has the most megacities of any country, four. Chinese entrepreneurs have some creative responses…

From rust belt to robot belt: Turning AI into jobs in the US heartland The symbolism of robots moving into a former steelworks is lost on few people in the city. Pittsburgh is reinventing itself, using the advances in automation, robots, and artificial intelligence coming out of its schools—particularly Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)—to try to…

Just How Much Money Do “Influencers” Make? Only the top three percent of the most-viewed YouTube channels bring in more than $16,800 a year in advertising revenue, social media ads aren’t the only source of income open to YouTubers — or all other digital influencers, for that matter. Using Neuroscience To Transform Retail The company…

Electric Bicycle Allows Users to Earn Cryptocurrency by Riding 50 Cycles have decided to launch an electric bike that actually mines cryptocurrency for its rider. Disturbing before-and-after images show how major Wall Street banks could be flooded by 2100 Research group Climate Central has created a plug-in for Google Earth that illustrates how catastrophic an “extreme” sea-level…

After Decades of Losing Ice, Antarctica Is Now Hemorrhaging It Global warming has already cost the continent 2.7 trillion tons of mass. ‘Tourism pollution’: Japanese crackdown costs Airbnb $10m Kyoto is on frontline of clash that has spread to holiday lets, with restrictive law now in effect. An update on black women raising startup funding…

Blockchain For Scientists Takes On Elsevier, The Business The Internet Couldn’t Kill In recent years have seen Elsevier profits swell to more than £900 millionclosing in on a 40% profit margin. It seems to be—as the Financial Timesclaimed in 2015—“the business the internet could not kill.” Could blockchain be what brings science’s untouchable publishing giants down? Now you…