Mayan Civilization, Information, and Tree Mountain: Lux Recommends #117
Welcome to Lux Recommends #117, this week’s edition of what we at Lux are reading and thinking about (and want to receive this by email? Sign up here).
Articles
Sprawling Maya network discovered under Guatemala jungle: A technology now most commonly associated with driverless cars is driving new discoveries in archaeology: ‘“Lidar is revolutionising archaeology the way the Hubble Space Telescope revolutionised astronomy,” Francisco Estrada-Belli, a Tulane University archaeologist, told National Geographic. “We’ll need 100 years to go through all [the data] and really understand what we’re seeing.”’ — Zack
Is Information Fundamental? Fun fact from the article: If you tried to pack information more densely than 10⁶⁹ bits per square meter, your hard drive would collapse into a black hole. — Alex
Tree Mountain: “Tree Mountain is a man-made mountain 125 feet high covered in 11,000 trees planted in a configuration according to the Golden Ratio.” — Sam
What happens to Starman and the Red Roadster? Post your quick-short story here!: “Okay, on sudden impulse, here’s a flash contest for the best very short Sci Fi story about how aliens or future folk might find and misinterpret Elon’s Starman Tesla!” — Sam
The Trippy, High-Speed World of Drone Racing: Features Lux portfolio company DRL. — Adam G
These are the most-Googled Super Bowl recipes in every state —Adam K
Television
Blue Planet II: Series by the BBC, narrated by Sir Richard Attenborough. It’s breathtaking and truly amazing and to destined to win numerous awards for technological innovations created to capture these images. — Adam K
Videos
Why Do So Many Wizards, Kings, and Romans Have British Accents in Fantasy Movies? — Sam
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