‘Smart cities’ driven solely by technology can’t solve urban problems

BY: CAROLINE ROLF  The promise of futuristic “smart” cities can seem almost too good to be true—they are highly efficient, run by sensors and data and promise to solve many of the present and future issues facing urbanization. Smart cities…

Urbanization is scientifically proven to be speeding up evolution in animals

BY: LAURA ROJAS Evolution is something we’ve been graciously able to observe in countless species, allowing us to trace their origins back to when they were nearly unrecognizable. For some time, we’ve also been aware that humans can trigger ‘micro-evolutionary’…