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Is Your City Making You Fat? How Urban Planning Can Address The Obesity Epidemic
New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and attention.…
Does Your City Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
Columbus Day commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas back on October 12, 1492. It is…
Top 5 Smart Cities You Need On Your Go-To List
Curious about what kind of technology cities of the future can offer? Ever wondered how it feels like…
2018’s Best Places In US For Halloween
It’s once again the most spook-tacular time of the year! Kids and adults alike dress up and treats…
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…
The 5 New Food Halls To Watch For In 2018
Think you need to go to New York or Tokyo to try the food hall trend? Think again!…
Minnesota’s Top 8 Reason For Your U.S. City
Love the outdoors, food, festivals or small town charm? These are just a few reasons to head to…
The Top 10 Greenest Cities in America
The Spring Equinox is behind us and the days of lazy picnics in the park are nearly here.…
The U.S. Has New Mega-Regions And It Challenges Daily Commutes
As economic centers grow in size and importance, determining their boundaries has become more crucial. Where do you…
The 10 Best American Cities for Working Moms
Like it or not (and we’ll gladly assume the former), women’s issues are finally pushing to the forefront of the…
Commute Like A Billionaire In These Top 5 Cities
Planning on going on a vacation? Not interested in spending your time on the streets with every other…
35 Ways To Experience America’s 35 Obnoxiously Rich City Suburbs
We’re gonna take a guess: if you’re checking to see if your town is on this list, you…
Top 15 Cities For Women In Tech With Big Dreams
Women in the U.S. tech industry have long faced major disparities in both employment and pay. Last year,…
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.…
Top 10 National Parks In The USA For Urban Escapes
Most people, even dedicated urbanites, need a break now and then from concrete jungle, round-the-clock noise, and exhaust…
Pies & Fries : In London And Everywhere Else, Fast Food’s Long History
The chef walks over to our table, wiping his great big hands on his apron. “Just checking there…
The Top 50 Colleges In The US With The Best Professors, Part 1
“Professors can be some of the most influential figures you will ever meet.” While many school rankings include…
Life On The Slow Lanes In The U.S.
Traffic congestion nationally reached a new peak last year and is greater than ever before, according to a…
Whoever Said America Lost Its Heart Is Wrong
Geographically, the top 15 winners represent a distinct advantage among heartland cities—though one could argue that the size…
Get Yourself Fit In These 10 Cities
Samir Becic 4 times Number 1 Fitness Trainer in the world and his Health Fitness Revolution team did…
A Cartoonist’s Vision Of A Car-Free Future
St. Paul-based cartoonist Andy Singer has never owned a car, even though he’s lived, over the last 47…
It’s Pee-Back Time!
Hamburg’s St. Pauli nightlife quarter deals with more than its fair share of rogue urinators. Residents there are…
Chicago, The Last Great Capital Of Cartography
As America grew in the late 19th century, so did mapmaking—and Chicago was at the heart of it.…
Are You Willing To Trade Privacy For Efficiency?
Data science may be helping cities get ‘smarter’, but questions remain over how long urban populations will tolerate…
Why AI will not lead to a world without work
In 1983, Wassily Leontief, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, concluded that human labour would go the way of the…
What the 2024 Olympics tells us about global geopolitics
Since the Olympic Games in Paris began, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has posted the statement “This is…
Japan Has Abandoned Decades Of Pacifism In Response To Ukraine Invasion And Increased Chinese Pressure On Taiwan
Paul O’Shea, Lund University and Sebastian Maslow, Sendai Shirayuri Women’s College Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the conflict…
These tiny worm-like creatures in the soil can destroy pests but they can also kill crops – an expert’s guide to nematodes
PeopleImages/Getty Images Antoinette Paula Malan, Stellenbosch University Whether you’re a gardener growing food for your household, a small…
Satellites Are Burning Up In The Upper Atmosphere – And We Still Don’t Know What Impact This Will Have On The Earth’s Climate
Paul Fleet / shutterstock Fionagh Thomson, Durham University Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100…
The Super Bowl Gets The Vegas Treatment, With 1 In 4 American Adults Expected To Gamble On The Big Game
Billions of dollars are being bet on the matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.…
Is Your Business Considering Nature?
We would like to thank our generous sponsors for making this article possible. Nature is in decline. Katie…
The Impact Of Corporate Pride
We would like to thank our generous sponsors for making this article possible. Companies need to resist the…
Global Politics Unveiled: 23 Highly-Recommended Books for Understanding Today’s Complex World
The global political landscape in our rapidly changing world is constantly evolving. We are seeing shifting power dynamics…
Eurasia Group publishes “Top Risks” predictions for 2023
As 2023 begins, the people of Ukraine are marking nearly a year of war and conflict in their…
23 Books To Add Your Reading List This 2023
2023 is a year full of promises and opportunities. This new year, take the time to stock up…
Pope Benedict XVI: A man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy
Benedict XVI leaves behind a complex legacy as a Pope and theologian. To many observers, Benedict, who died…
Karl Marx: His Philosophy Explained
In 1845, Karl Marx declared: “philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to…
How Will The War In Ukraine End?
The hasty withdrawal of Russian troops from northeastern Ukraine is by no means signaling the last stretch of…
Queen Elizabeth II: The end of the ‘new Elizabethan age’
When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, Britain was just seven years out of the…
Which Cities Have the Highest & Lowest Purchasing Power?
According to website Numbeo, salaries go furthest in U.S. cities. Towards the top of the list is East Coast tech hub San…
Fastly Global Internet Outage: Why Did So Many Sites Go Down — And What Is A CDN, Anyway?
If you were having difficulty accessing your favourite website on Tuesday evening Australian time, you’re not alone. A…
Eurasia Group Publishes Top Risks For 2021
As we begin 2021, the United States is the most powerful, politically divided, and economically unequal of the…
The age of Trump is over. Now the US must tackle its polarisation
In the past 20 years, hostility – fermented in a dislike and distrust of different groups – has…
Is impeaching President Trump ‘pointless revenge’? Not if it sends a message to future presidents
House Democrats have introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for…
How White Became The Color Of Suffrage
During her victory speech, Kamala Harris, the first woman to be elected vice president of the United States,…
What It’s Like To Lose A Presidential Election
The American public may not find out who wins the presidential election on Nov. 3 or Nov. 4…
How To Distribute A COVID-19 Vaccine And Build Public Trust
The coming months are going to be crucial for vaccine development and decisions around how we distribute COVID-19…
Space Exploration Is Still The Brightest Hope-Bringer We Have
I am one of the few African-American aerospace engineers who helped design the Apollo spaceships that took men…
We’re In Danger Of Drowning In A Coronavirus ‘Infodemic’. Here’s How We Can Cut Through The Noise
The novel coronavirus that has so far killed more than 1,100 people now has a name – COVID-19.…
To Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Cities And Buildings We Need Systemic Efficiency
We cannot solve climate change without transforming our cities and buildings. This requires massive efforts from the private…