The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis in Photos

For its latest In Focus photo series, The Atlantic uncovers the perilous trans-Mediterranean journey that thousands of migrants from Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia embark on in search of a better life. The United Nations approximates that—just this year—60,000 people have already made the crossing while 1,800 have fallen victim to capsize. The European Commission is now calling for nations to …

Enter IBM Watson + PSFK’s Data Contest

If you could gain access to the entirety of the world’s data, digest it and use it to create something to improve the lives of other people—what would you do? PSFK and IBM Watson have teamed up to pose this very question for The Good Data Contest, which hopes to “spark a conversation around what cognitive computing will mean for our future.” Until 22 May …

Einstein’s Handwriting is Now a Font

Albert Einstein’s genius manifested itself not only through his theories in modern physics, but his handwriting too. His signature penmanship blended elements of both Latin and Kurrent—an old form of cursive based off of medieval times—to form a unique style that was “very disciplined and extremely playful.” Now anyone can access the famous physicist’s handwriting thanks to a Kickstarter campaign by German typographer Harald Geisler …