Getting Lost (Safely) Is Part Of The Fun & Smarts Of ‘Smart’ Cities
The internet has reached our cities. A smart city is optimised for efficiency, productivity and comfort. The smart…
2016-05-16
The World’s Longest Rail Tunnel Beneath Swiss Behemoth
It will ultimately become part of a faster network streamlining rail travel across Europe. They may look stunning,…
2016-05-16
A Fun & Vibrant City Simply Has More Festivals
Last year the Institute of Museum and Library Services offered a catchy statistic: the United States has more…
2016-05-16
40 Years Of Changing Horizons Of Manhattan & The World Trade Center
In WTC, Brian Rose’s photographs explore presence, absence, and a constantly changing city. The World Trade Center’s towers…
2016-05-13
Amazing Discovery Of A Well-Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Wooden Road
Long ago, a large part of north-western Europe, particularly Ireland and Great Britain, were covered in bogs. These…
2016-05-13
UK’s Sheffield City And Its Mirror Mirror On The Wall
Fairness has become one of the most important ideas in contemporary politics. It’s a concept leveraged by both…
2016-05-12
While We Fear The End, These Scientists Live The End Everyday
The scientists at the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center model cyberattacks, global pandemics, and megastorms. September 11…
2016-05-12
Why A U.S. City Just Mandated The First City Vitality Fellow
St. Paul, Minn., wants its urban areas to welcome everyone — whether they’re 8 or 80 years old.…
2016-05-12
US Tech Capital San Francisco Really Loves Its Solar Panels, Here’s Proof
Tech capital is first major US city to require all new buildings of 10 storeys or under to…
2016-05-12
Portugal’s Bordalo II Keeps Proving Trash Can Be Beautiful
Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo, known in the art world as Bordalo II, uses trash as his medium…
2016-05-11
Swimming In Seine Now Is Still A Dream, But Not In The Future
But the idea faces an uphill struggle. By 2024, the River Seine in Paris will be clean enough…
2016-05-11
Bike Sharing Needs This Little Secret To Succeed
Seattle’s struggle to attract riders reveals what makes a bike-share program thrive — or in the Emerald City’s…
2016-05-11
Amsterdam’s Key To Survival In The Past Among Its Heritage
The immense firepower of modern artillery witnessed during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 caused great concern among the…
2016-05-11
How To Actually Make Parks Actively Liveable
Parks are central to the concept of liveable cities. They are an important public resource that provide opportunities…
2016-05-11
The 10-ish Best Farmers Market In The USA
If someone created a set of commandments for locavores (food community: get on it) honor thy farmer would…
2016-05-10
How Feral Comes To Life With These Surreal Stories
In 1845, so the legend goes, an unclothed girl was spotted running on all fours through the wilderness…
2016-05-09
Stop Blaming Meat For Climate Change
Farming livestock – cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens – contributes around 6 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases…
2016-05-09
The Top 10 Schools You Cannot Get Into
My son has just started school and I was pretty sure I knew what to expect – he’d…
2016-05-09
Discover Mother’s Day Around The World
Regardless of where you live, we all have mothers. And in honor of moms everywhere, a special day…
2016-05-06
Amsterdam, Already Leads In Cycling, Pulls Further With Bike Mayor
The semi-official post is the first of its kind in the world. This summer, Amsterdam will go one…
2016-05-06
Imagine A Scary World Without Moms, Instead Robots Grow You
As far-fetched as it may seem today, there are a couple of compelling reasons why some humans may…
2016-05-06
Ancient Chinese Bridge That Rivals The Great Wall In Awesome
Spanning the bay between Jinjiang County and Nan’an County, west of Fuzhou City, China, is the beautiful 12th…
2016-05-05
Canberra’s Tug & Pull Between The Ideal & The Mediocre
Chicago pacifist Walter Griffin’s design for Australia’s new capital promised so much – even German beer gardens. But…
2016-05-05
Where Citizens Doing DIY Knows It Is Not Built In A Day
Armed with shovels and sacks of cold asphalt, Rome’s residents fill potholes. Defying rats, they yank weeds and…
2016-05-04
How A City’s Identity Is Shaped By Its Fonts
Most city dwellers speed-walk along crowded streets each day, barely taking notice of the typography that adorns everything…
2016-05-04
The Desert Of Despair As Nurtured By Inspired Guerrilla Gardening
Ron Finley, who has long lived in the food deserts of South Central Los Angeles, got so tired…
2016-05-04
How Ukraine’s Tunnel Of Love Is Built Through Heavy Industry, Literally
Back in 2011, Amusing Planet posted pictures of a mysterious green tunnel of trees covering a section of…
2016-05-03
Learn How Motherhood Teaches 5 Critical Livelihood Skills
When you become a mom, you are transformed. Your instincts are sharpened, your empathy magnified, your focus honed.…
2016-05-03
Can Australia’s Climate Change Mission Be Saved With Farming?
Australia’s agricultural lands help to feed about 60 million people worldwide, and also support tens of thousands of farmers…
2016-05-03
The Top 10 Most Admirable US Cities For Working Parents
There are record numbers of stressed, tired and rushed parents juggling kids and work around the world. Here…
2016-05-02
The Truly Godly Treasures Hidden In Quito Ecuador
The historic city of Quito, Ecuador, is remarkable for its many beautiful churches, especially the 17th Jesuit church…
2016-05-02
The Top 10 Grandest American Dams To See
Reservoir creating. Electricity producing. Flood preventing. To tweak a song title from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” there…
2016-04-29
A History Map Of The Rise & Fall Of U.S. Slavery
The historian and cartographer Bill Rankin visualizes the practice with a fresh approach. Although it was abolished in…
2016-04-29
As More Of Asia Prospers, Obesity Becomes A Weighty Deal
Extra body weight has long been associated with wealth, as evident from Renaissance art to stereotypes of modern…
2016-04-29
The Must-See Floating Markets Of Southeast Asia
Floating markets, where goods are sold from boats, are a trademark attraction among the Southeast Asian countries such…
2016-04-28
A Peek Into Imagining China Without The Crowds
A photographer’s solo journey led to an uniquely beautiful take on the country’s landscapes. Type “street in Hong…
2016-04-28
Learning About And From A City That Truly Stood The Test Of Time
In the Basilicata region, in Southern Italy, is an ancient city named Matera known for its cave houses…
2016-04-28
US Top Cities for Single Moms In 2016
No matter where you live, it’s tough to be a single mom. There is no break from the…
2016-04-27
Raising The Bar For Smart Cities In Singapore
Government-deployed sensors will collect and coordinate an unprecedented amount of data on daily life in the city. This…
2016-04-27
How To Keep You Enemies Closer: Hire The PR Firm That Ruined Your Plans
News that Ketchum Inc., the public relations firm leading the charge to promote chemical-dependent GMO agriculture, is launching…
2016-04-27
Is Sydney’s Hot Day Runs A Pattern For Its Future
Sydney is hot. Well technically, it’s persistently warm and lacking cool outbreaks, but this run of weather is…
2016-04-26
For A Country Wasting So Much Food, Why IS USA, Food Insecure
New data highlights the need to strenghten policies that ease access to a basic necessity. Food insecurity in…
2016-04-26
Is A 100-Year Global Record Enough To Convince Naysayers?
Average global temperature was 1.07C hotter – beating last month’s previous record increase. The global temperature in March…
2016-04-26