Bureaucratic bloat has siphoned power away from instructors and researchers.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/bureaucratic-bloat-eating-american-universities-inside/678324/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/05/apple-ipad-pro-commercial/678329/

Some scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent?

Source: If Plants Could Talk – The Atlantic

Could Vienna’s approach to affordable housing work in California? | Housing | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/30/california-housing-vienna-lessons

https://youtu.be/PBpp8gYH7wI?si=nl2WWwsDbgLk-bPE

Saudis Scale Back Ambition for $1.5 Trillion Desert Project Neom

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/saudis-scale-back-ambition-for-1-5-trillion-desert-project-neom

Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world? | Materials science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/13/could-graphene-finally-transform-our-world

Crown prince’s pet project was sold as a 105-mile-long city of the future, but finances may have led to a rethink

Source: End of the Line? Saudi Arabia ‘forced to scale back’ plans for desert megacity | Saudi Arabia | The Guardian

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/04/nostalgia-nowhere-suburbs-strip-malls-subdivisions-community/677939/