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Is Your Mattress Easy On The Environment? (Here’s 7 Ones That Are)
You spend about one-third of your life asleep. Many mattresses contain a slew of chemicals and substances that…
2020-02-14
Millennial Millionaires Are Redefining What A Good Location Means In Real Estate
Housing in America is expensive, and the price tags are still on the rise. This has forced major…
2020-01-29
Real Estate Trends In Texas For 2020
The real estate market in the USA is massive, and only getting larger. The population is growing and…
2020-01-21
The Brazilian Amazon Was In Flames, And Now Australia. But What Do Their Governments Have To Do With It?
Australia is witnessing the worst forest fires of its modern history, provoked by months of droughts and record…
2020-01-14
12 Best Cities for Small Business in America Right Now
There are more than 30 million small businesses within the United States as of 2018. Small businesses create jobs for millions…
2019-11-28
Living Below Your Means Makes Financial Sense
Financial struggles can be like a prison, keeping you from enjoying life, taking vacations, surprising your family with…
2019-11-22
Nature Is So Good for You That Even Watching It On TV Improves Well-Being
Humans have long intuited that being in nature is good for the mind and body. From indigenous adolescents…
2019-11-19
9 Breathtaking US Hiking Trails You Need To Conquer
Hiking is a good way to connect with nature and enjoy its beauty. The 17th of November is…
2019-11-17
The History Behind The Iconic Recycling Symbol ♻
When you think of the word “recycling,” the iconic green triple-arrow loop most likely comes to mind. Who…
2019-11-15
Plague Was Around For Millennia Before Epidemics Took Hold – And The Way People Lived Might Be What Protected Them
One of civilization’s most prolific killers shadowed humans for thousands of years without their knowledge. The bacteria Yersinia…
2019-11-13
Top 10 Universities In The World 2020
Thinking of where to take your undergraduate or graduate studies? These are the top ten universities for the…
2019-10-21
5 US Cities With The Most Homeless People
While the United States enjoy one of the strongest economies in the world, the benefits of the country’s…
2019-10-02
The Impact Of Immigration On EU Countries’ Nationalistic Sentiments
From the United Kingdom to Italy, Austria, and other European countries, recent elections have shown that nationalist and…
2019-09-11
Designing For Future Ready Cities
Engineering has always been about building for what lies ahead, creating lasting legacies in the form of extraordinary…
2019-09-10
Damage Estimates For Hurricanes Like Dorian Don’t Capture The Full Cost Of Climate Change-Fueled Disasters
Scientists say climate change is causing powerful hurricanes like Dorian to increasingly stall over coastal areas, which leads…
2019-09-05
How Superior Renewable Energy Storage Could Cut Down Emissions In The US
America’s electricity generation is heavily dependent on coal and natural gas, both of which contribute to the already…
2019-08-29
‘It Eats Everything’ – The New Breed Of Wildfire That’s Impossible To Predict
Climate change and negligent forest management are causing higher-intensity, faster-moving fires that can generate enough energy to evolve into erratic firestorms, known as…
2019-08-27
Plastic Bans Won’t Put An End To Plastic Pollution — Here’s Why
At the beginning of 2019, around 112 countries, states and cities worldwide imposed bans on single-use plastics including…
2019-08-14
Stop Blaming Video Games For Mass Killings
In the wake of the El Paso shooting on Aug. 3 that left 22 dead and dozens injured,…
2019-08-07
Could A National Buyback Program Reduce Gun Violence In America?
Americans own nearly half of the world’s guns, with approximately 120 firearms for every 100 U.S. residents. Gun…
2019-08-06
Eight Ways To Halt A Global Food Crisis
There are serious challenges to global food supply everywhere we look. Intensive use of fertilisers in the US…
2019-07-10
Carbon-Neutral Fuel Made From Sunlight And Air
ETH Zurich researchers made something that could reshape aviation and marine transport — they developed a fuel which…
2019-07-08
4 Tips For Driving In San Diego
San Diego is certainly a beautiful place with plenty of great attractions, but even the most avid supporter…
2019-07-04
Top 10 Countries With The Largest Contribution Of Garbage In The Ocean
Pollution dominates the world’s oceans and these bodies of water are in a very precarious situation along with…
2019-06-17
As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home
Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors…
2019-06-12
The Top 10 Small Cities For Gamers In The U.S.
Fast internet. Gaming communities. Esports leagues. Tech jobs. These cities have it all. With the popularity of esports…
2019-06-06
‘World Heritage’ site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love and money
The April 2019 fire that engulfed France’s Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, led to an outpouring of grief…
2019-06-03
Google I/O 2019: Turning Flagships Into Affordable & Mainline
Google I/O 2019 kicked off around last May 7-9, 2019 at Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, California. As…
2019-05-17
Who’s Who In US Election 2020
US Elections is nearing and lots of names have popped up. It’s easy to get lost in a…
2019-05-10
A Not So Cool Thing About Air Conditioners
The past five years (2014-2018) are the hottest years on record. Every year, the world is getting warmer.…
2019-05-08
Why Desperation Could Be The Key To Tackling Climate Change
Last October, something strange happened when the United Nations released a report saying we have just 12 years…
2019-04-22
The Best & Worst Tourism Slogans: From Unforgettable Tag Lines To Those That Are Best Forgotten
Devising a slogan that encapsulates everything a holiday destination has to offer is no easy task. There are…
2019-04-09
Amazing Technological Inventions By College Students
At all times students differed by their unconventional way of thinking. What innovations have they offered to the…
2019-03-23
What Poop Can Teach Us About An Ancient City’s Downfall
Never underestimate the power of poop. After more than 1,000 years, it can still have a lot to…
2019-03-11
3 Trends In Urban Property Development In 2019
Urban property development trends for 2019 are shifting dramatically. From millennials moving to the suburbs to the renewed…
2019-02-26
It’s Official – Hong Kong Is The Most Expensive City In The World To Live In
The most expensive cities to live in around the world in 2019 have been revealed in the 15th Annual…
2019-02-06
The Early State Of America’s 2020 Election
Amazingly, people are already starting to talk about the 2020 elections in the United States. It seems not…
2019-02-02
The Cost Of Housing Is Tearing Our Society Apart
For the better part of a century, home ownership has been the foundation of the average American’s growth…
2019-01-14
Five Emerging Cyber-Threats To Worry About In 2019
Last year was full of cybersecurity disasters, from the revelation of security flaws in billions of microchips to massive data breaches and…
2019-01-10
Why Walkable Cities Are Good For The Economy, According To A City Planner
People spend more money when cities are less vehicle-oriented. You’ve probably seen the term “walkability” thrown around in…
2018-11-13
What Do States Have Against Cities, Anyway?
For as long as there have been cities and state legislatures in this country, the cities have complained…
2018-11-09
Here Are The Real Boundaries Of American Metropolises, Decided By An Algorithm
How is the U.S. actually split geographically? When we think about where we live, usually our ideas start with…
2018-10-15
Why US Public Transportation Is So Bad — And Why Americans Don’t Care
The US has bad public transit, but you probably already know that. While some cities do have impressive…
2018-09-28
4 Ways To Curb Our Addiction To Plastic
Not all plastic is evil, but our world could probably do with a whole lot less of it.…
2018-09-24
How To Make Creative Cities — From Buildings To Buses
“I am in love with cities,” says British designer and architect Thomas Heatherwick (TED Talk: Building the seed cathedral). “It’s just…
2018-09-17
Brazil’s National Museum Fire : What It Means for Science
The overnight inferno likely claimed fossils, cultural artifacts, and more irreplaceable collections amassed over 200 years. Major pieces…
2018-09-06
How To Build Global Cities Without So Many Cars
Expanding public transportation, walking, and biking in cities could save more than $100 trillion in public and private…
2018-09-05
What Climate Change Means For Northern, Colder Cities
A new study outlines some of the effects that climate change will have on northern cities with cold…
2018-09-05
Preparing Your City For The Electric Vehicle Surge? Ask Oslo.
An automobile revolution is coming our way – only you might have trouble hearing it this time. Oslo’s…
2018-08-31