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To track inequality in cities, measure the heat
By Adina Solomon

How to live on the ocean floor with five of your closest friends
By Erick Trickey

Have opinions about your city? Chat with the street lamp.
By Stav Dimitropoulos

This German neighborhood has everything. Except cars.
By Stav Dimitropoulos

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Energy justice is the next civil rights issue
By Erick Trickey

With a settlement named ‘Pandemic,’ housing activists in Cape Town are tackling inequality
By Ryan Lenora Brown and Vincent Lali

As sea levels rise, a Dutch neighborhood floats up
By Stav Dimitropoulos

Rooting out a little-known danger of urban gardening
By Hannah Thomasy

The future of urban commuting has one wheel
By Glenn McDonald

A canoe, a GPS, and my quest for the ultimate social distancing
By Matt Crossman

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Fresh (virtual) air will do you good
By Hannah Thomasy

Saving forests with the Big Data fire brigade
By Tony Rehagen

AI can predict the perfect surfing day
By Matt Crossman

Eat like a Martian
By Heather Kapplow

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To capture more carbon, a cornstalk needs a friend
By Marcello Rossi

Eat your cake — and the wrapper, too
By Alison Stein

An ‘open source’ agricultural movement takes seeds back to their roots
By Veronique Greenwood

Floating cows and manure robots: A dairy farm on the sea
By Tracy Staedter

How a new breed of barley can save our beer from climate change
By Tony Rehagen

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Tree-planting campaigns get a high-tech boost
By Glenn McDonald

Measuring climate change, on the backs of scuba divers
By Stav Dimitropoulos

Beyond Plan B: Seven radical climate change solutions
By Glenn McDonald

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Bugs, anyone? How to feed a Mars colony
By Schuyler Velasco

How do you make a human heart? Maybe in zero gravity.
By Tony Rehagen

This African nation could be the next great place for astronomy
By Stav Dimitropoulos

Stargazers fight to save the dazzling dark
By Tracy Staedter

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Will Peloton kill outdoor biking — or save it?
By Matt Crossman

Meet the breeders obsessed with creating remarkable new crops
By Veronique Greenwood

Is overtourism ruining your favorite vacation spot?
By Jon Keller

What’s next for space exploration
By Josh Sullivan

High in the air, with an eye on sharks
By Amy Sutherland

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How I ‘escaped’ Alcatraz
By Michael Workman

Twenty-eight days under the sea
By Jenni Gritters

The new life of a dying mall
By Erick Trickey

What are public libraries for?
By Schuyler Velasco

A night on a hunt for the homeless
By Ezra Haber Glenn
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Alone on the mountain — where I belonged
By Andy Pepper

The 5,000-year-old answer to surviving rising seas
By Eric Niiler

This small island is taking on a big problem — climate change
By Tracy Staedter

I Tried It: Swimming with whale sharks
By Amy Sutherland

‘Creative trespassing’ sets me free
By Ethan Gilsdorf

What you do after your house burns down
By Jessica Palombo Gustafson