Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

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Here’s a graph that’s probably only of interest to me but I thought I’d share it anyway. If you’re really interested, you can view the live graph. I’ll update it at the end of each month.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

A smartphone with a red case displays a world map on the screen, set against a vibrant orange background.

Health

Dr. AI will see you now

The integration of artificial intelligence into public health could have revolutionary implications for the global south—if only it can get online.

Map displaying a rail route from Helsinki to Bruxelles, passing through cities like Tallinn, Riga, Warsaw, Berlin, and Hamburg. Northern and Central Europe countries are labeled.

Strange Maps

In the Baltics, 85 millimeters separate East from West

A new railway will switch the Baltic region’s train gauge from Soviet to standard European — a megaproject with political, economic, and military dimensions.

einstein general relativity curved spacetime

Starts With A Bang

The fabric of space is a Cheshire Cat

Most waves need a medium to travel through. But the way that light and gravitational waves travel shows that space can’t be a medium at all.

Silhouette of a selfish boss wearing a crown, relaxing on an office chair with feet propped up on another person's back against a cloudy sky backdrop.

Business

Trapped under a selfish boss? Try these 3 strategies to regain control

Leaders ideally intertwine their own success with that of their teams — if that’s not the case at your workplace, here’s what to do.

An e-reader displaying text is propped up against a stack of hardcover books.

The Present

How the Internet Archive’s “Free Digital Library” fell to the “fair use” test

The nonprofit made a bold gamble on the limits of “fair use” — and federal courts have not backed their play.

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