As the Stevie Wonder title implies, today’s links showcase sweet, sensational, and smelly happenings in the world’s cities.
Cities That Never Sleep: A new study says people in urban areas are more stressed-out than people who live in rural areas. Maybe it’s because they have to shell out $10 for sandwiches, and pay $5 for a round-trip subway fare, and share an apartment with four people, and wake up to trucks backfiring, and … (Healthland)
A City Divided: But if you like all that number crunching, visit the nation’s first math museum opening in Manhattan next year (already nicknamed MoMath). (New York Times)
A S***ty City: Researchers in Italy are going through 2,000-year-old sacks of human waste and garbage to find out more about life in Ancient Rome. (National Geographic)
The Sounds of Cities: Discover what denizens of world cities are listening to on their MP3 players. (BuzzFeed)
Cheapest Cities: See which cities boast the most inexpensive cost of living. (TIME)
City Arts: A Somerville, Mass., artist has created cameos out of the cream filling in Oreos. Go on, play with your food. (The Daily What)
Green Cities: Check out photos of the world’s great urban parks. (LIFE)
Bright Lights, Big City: Watch 8,000 lanterns fly over the city of Poznan, Poland, during a summer solstice festival. Disney fans will think the event resembles the lantern scene in Tangled. (New York Magazine)
