In an era of social media and 24-hour news, it’s hard to differentiate between what’s reliable and what isn’t. Fortunately for us, however, Ad Fontes Media and creator Vanessa Otero are trying to change that. Creating the Media Bias Chart in 2016, Vanessa Otero has steadily built the once static chart into a fully interactive …
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The City of Yazd sits within one of the hottest and most arid parts of Iran but has also been at the forefront of “cooling technology” for centuries. Home to several technological wonders — such as an underground refrigeration structure called yakhchal, an underground water system called qanats, and an ancient postal service called pirradaziš — Yazd’s …
As an American millennial, there’s a common “proclamation” that I hear amongst my same-age brethren — it sounds something like, “Oh yeah, I’m a Catholic” or “Yep, been a Baptist my whole life.” But despite what verbally came out of their mouth in that fantastically unadulterated moment, what most of them are really trying to …
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In The Elusive Dream of the 15-Minute City, author Alan Ehrenhalt explores the concept of the 15-minute city, and if it can actually work in America. Describing his hometown as an endless stretch of, “factory-town main streets,” he once dismissed this way of life as “tedious,” something he now looks back on with sentimental longing. …
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Cities around the country are facing a dilemma — build defenses against sea level rise with taxpayer money, or refuse to build defenses and watch big-name companies go somewhere else. This is what’s happening in Silicon Valley, where two of the world’s biggest tech companies — Facebook and Google — are expanding their campuses in …
SUHII, which stands for “Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity,” has been globally mapped by authors and creators T. Chakraborty and X. Lee with Yale University’s Center for Earth Observation. As the world is getting hotter, our urban areas are suffering the most, with highly developed neighborhoods sometimes climbing 15°F to 20°F hotter than their neighboring …
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In early June, the Army announced that it had fully implemented its Tenant Bill of Rights for 36 of 44 Army installations that utilize privatized housing. Mark Esper, the former Secretary of Defense, signed the original bill in 2020, calling it, “a promise we should have made back in the late ‘90s when the Army …
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Google Maps has added a new feature that lets you avoid crowded public transportation spaces. Spanning 100 countries and over 10,000 public transit systems, the new feature allows you to see exactly how busy your subway or bus might be. Based on user feedback and location trends, the app is able to make near-accurate transit …
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According to a new report by Climate Central — an independent research group that conducts scientific research on climate change — New Orleans, Newark, and New York City have a pretty significant heat problem. These cities, along with places such as San Francisco and Houston, have something called “urban heat islands” — metropolitan areas that …
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In early July, a local Baltimorean named Laurel Mendez was going about her day until she stumbled upon a 7-inch crack in the sidewalk — an unnecessary barrier that she couldn’t overlook. “Between the broken sidewalks and the big gaps in the sidewalks that haven’t been repaired, I could barely get from the bus stop …
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