Name: Evolution in a Big City
Uploaded: 2025-11-11T10:36:15.396Z
Description: Now if that change leads to a longer life or more babies for a mouse, something evolutionary biologists call fitness, then that single base-pair change will spread quickly in an urban population. So this crazy figure is called a Manhattan plot, because it kind of looks like a skyline. Each dot represents one gene,

Jimmy Chin

When I show up in New York, and I look at the skyline, it's like showing up in a mountain range. My gaze goes toward the most impressive-looking climb. It's always gone to the top of the World Trade Center.

American Athlete

Gary Shteyngart

I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.

American Writer

Franklin Foer

Having a friend in the Kremlin would help Trump fulfill his longtime dream of planting his name in the Moscow skyline - a dream that he pursued even as he organized his presidential campaign.

Ben Stein

My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.

American Actor

Kevin Morby

You're at LaGuardia, and you get in a cab, and it's taking you into Brooklyn, and you're on the BQE, and you can see the skyline, the whole skyline, and it's so beautiful.

American Musician

Neil deGrasse Tyson

In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion.

American Scientist

Louise Linton

When I look at Deco jewelry, I see the New York skyline - the Chrysler Building.

Scottish Actress

Jack Reynor

My favorite thing about New York is the view, the skyline.

Irish Actor

Santiago Calatrava

Chicago is a beautiful city with a wonderful skyline.

Spanish Architect

Cree Summer

I like to look at the skyline and the moon.

American Actress

Skyline refers to the unique visual profile of a city as seen from a distance.

Urban Landscapes

Can signify growth or change when discussing cities or progress.

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A city's skyline is often used in media to instantly convey location.

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For animals, it highlights the contour of the head and neck, often a sign of breed qualities.

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Used among breeders and in zoology, not commonly known outside those fields.

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In computing, it relates to visual data representation at the highest point on a chart.

Data Visualization

Refers to a particular car model and might come up in conversations among car lovers.

Car Enthusiasts

The Nissan Skyline has a cult following and is prominent in car culture and media.

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 Now if that change leads to a longer life or more babies for a mouse, something evolutionary biologists call fitness, then that single base-pair change will spread quickly in an urban population. So this crazy figure is called a Manhattan plot, because it kind of looks like a skyline. Each dot represents one gene,

Evolution in a Big City

 OK, then I did something that architects always do, y'all. I was like, I'm going to build something massive now, right? I'm going to build the world's first restorative justice center all by myself. And it's going to be a beautiful figure on the skyline, like a beacon in the night.

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 have a good look at me fantastic what an amazing sound I reckon we've got our first fully mature stag said to rest it up on the skyline up there it's way way larger than any of the males we've seen so far and peppered around the hillsides

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 but whose streets we can't walk. By studying those twinkling lights though, we can learn about how stars and planets interact to form their own ecosystem and make habitats that are amenable to life. In this image of the Tokyo skyline,

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 run boys we've reached the base now we can actually start working all right I'm going up people are gathering at the bottom to witness this historic event in just a few moments San Antonio's skyline will be changed forever

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 When it was built two years earlier, Citicorp Center was one of the world's tallest buildings. Its sloped roof was unique in the city skyline, but its more distinctive feature lay at the base.

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 It's trying to get the camera above all the, just to get the pretty stuff, and that's not what human relationships are. That's not what life is; life is the. It's not just the skyline,

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 If it wasn't on the skyline, there is absolutely no way you would be able to see that. But it's undeniable that is a Peregrine Falcon that's the fastest animal in the world.

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 so you can see these tiny little phantoms glowing orange as they hover above the forest and look at that now just heading across the skyline in just great long smoky tubes

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 This is the skyline of my hometown, New Orleans. It was a great place to grow up, but it's one of the most vulnerable spots in the world.

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