smart & curious
A list of good reads
- Facial recognition tools are having a real hard time thanks to that pesky virus. Cnet looks at the latest solution: training AI to read faces using facemask selfies.
- The Atlantic mulls the human side of face masks and standing metres apart from each other. How will it affect humans who depend heavily on visual cues and body language to communicate?
- This older Medium piece is still an intriguing read: What will be the best places to live in 2100—after the world has experienced severe climate change? How about Iqaluit, Canada?
- Forget about dinosaurs. Did you know that human beings co-existed with ‘megafauna’ 20-40,000 years ago? Those would be three-tonne kangaroos and lizards as long as cars!
- The Conversation has a brilliant read on how Mumbai’s poorest neighbourhood, Shivaji Nagar, is keeping the virus at bay.
- VinePair asks: What is mega purple and what is it doing in my wine? Ha, wouldn’t you like to know!
Day in the life of a doctor
This is a beautifully animated video that captures a single day in the life of Dr. Craig Spencer. He fought Ebola in West Africa as a part of Doctors Without Borders. Now he’s an ER physician in New York City. This is both beautiful and incredibly moving. We wish someone would do the same for our doctors—who are likely fighting the same battle but with far fewer resources.