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An elevated view over a bend of the Sài Gòn River in thick brownish smog, the downtown towers and a cable-stayed bridge dissolving into haze under a dim orange sun, a lone masked figure at the river railing

Thirty Years of Smoke One pfennig per breath

Indonesian wildfire haze has reached Sài Gòn - and a eight-year-old's fear about one day paying for air turns out to have been half right.
EN· ·Curiosity & Science
A long candlelit banquet table in a high hall, seventeenth-century figures leaning over an open ledger, a potted palm behind them, and one lone cloaked figure waiting outside in the doorway

Words Nobody Asked For A kennel for maidens

German was argued into existence by people who mostly lost - four centuries of poets, pedants and purists building a language out loud.
EN· ·Curiosity & Science
A lone figure seen from behind, crouched on a vast cracked plain, arranging four dark pebbles in a row on a stone slab while hundreds more scatter toward a hazy horizon under an enormous sky

Grammar All The Way Down Then I found four pebbles

Ultrafinitism wants infinity banished from math - but every fix for infinity is just another grammar, and quantizing an 80B model shows why.
EN· ·Curiosity & Science
8 billion people and falling: a brief spike in human history

The Brief Spike 8 billion people and falling: a brief spike in human history

Global population peaks before 2080, then falls. Four-fifths of all human births are already behind us. What that means for the next two centuries.
EN· ·Curiosity & Science
Massive numbers: putting the mass of the observable universe into perspective

Mass Of Everything Massive numbers: putting the mass of the observable universe into perspective

The mass of the observable universe: 2x10^53 kg. A number with 54 decimal places. Putting cosmic scale into perspective - or trying to.
EN· ·Curiosity & Science
Kurzgesagt: why meat is the best worst thing in the world

Best Worst Thing Kurzgesagt: why meat is the best worst thing in the world

74 billion animals killed per year for meat. Kurzgesagt explains why meat is the best worst thing in the world. The numbers don't lie.
EN· ·Curiosity & Science
How big is Stephenson 2-18, the largest known star in 2022?

Stephenson Breaks Scale How big is Stephenson 2-18, the largest known star in 2022?

Stephenson 2-18, the largest known star in 2022. So big our sun disappears next to it. A size comparison that hurts to think about.
EN· ·Curiosity & Science
Wie viel kostet es, einen Quadratmeter mit vietnamesischem Đồng zu tapezieren?

Đồng Millionär Wie viel kostet es, einen Quadratmeter mit vietnamesischem Đồng zu tapezieren?

Multimillionär in Vietnam - weil jeder Geldschein 1.000 Đồng wert ist. Was es kosten würde, einen Quadratmeter damit zu tapezieren.
DE· ·Curiosity & Science
Anthropozän: Die Epoche des Menschen (als Google Earth-Galerie)

Stempel Der Menschheit Anthropozän: Die Epoche des Menschen (als Google Earth-Galerie)

Anthropozän als Google Earth-Galerie - Betonwüsten, Monokulturen und Asphaltschneisen. Die Epoche des Menschen, von oben betrachtet.
DE· ·Curiosity & Science
Wie viele Tiere werden weltweit pro Jahr geschlachtet?

Schlachten In Zahlen Wie viele Tiere werden weltweit pro Jahr geschlachtet?

Wie viele Tiere werden pro Jahr geschlachtet? Die FAOSTAT-Datenbank liefert Fakten statt Emotionen. Die Zahlen sprechen für sich.
DE· ·Curiosity & Science