Assorted Links

1. Jack Caldwell has passed away
   
   
   
   
2. Urban development and air pollution: evidence from a global panel of cities
   
   
   
   
3. The easiest way to simplify your shape file , making it look like a child's drawing (ht Leo Monasterio)
   
   
   
   
4. Fertility rate plummets in India via MR
   
   
   
   
5. Is this the oldest-ever 3D map of transit ridership? 
   
   
   
   
6. Hypnotizing frozen soap bubbles
   
   
   
   
7. Garry Kasparov talking about the The limits of human performance and artificial intelligence
   
   
   
   
8. Great infographic showing Language Families