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Europe's 'Capital of Sleep' Extends Party Hours

After being accused of being party-unfriendly, Paris and other French cities have been officially allowed to keep their dance clubs open as late as 7 a.m.
31 December 2009 - 7:00am
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Were Midwest Floods 'Engineered'?

The Mississippi and Missouri rivers were once dramatically wider, but a century of re-engineering has constricted their courses, making "flood magnification" inevitable.
3 July 2008 - 1:00pm
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Suburban Prisoner Calls Out For Help

A new suburbanite writes into an advice columnist for help dealing with his suburban depression.
18 February 2008 - 9:00am
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Against 'Audio Architecture'

On November 21st, Britain's "No Music Day" showed why taking a break from ubiquitous music in public spaces is a badly-needed means of reclaiming the ability to actually listen to your surroundings, writes Kevin Berger.
24 November 2007 - 11:00am
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Intimately-Integrated Transit

This post from Salon shows a video of a train that travels right through a market in Bangkok.
19 October 2007 - 6:00am
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Bikes Vs. Bridges?

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is taking a lot of heat from cycling advocates for citing bicycle infrastructure funding for the deteriorating state of the country's highways and bridges.
15 September 2007 - 1:00pm
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Japan's Reforestation Problem: Leeches

Japan's leech invasion may be an unintended consequence of successful reforestation efforts combined with rural population declines.
10 September 2007 - 8:00am
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Novelist Shares His Thoughts On City Planning

In this interview, Author Steven Johnson discusses his lates book about London's Cholera outbreak, urban planning, and his fascination with the popular computer game, SimCity.
4 November 2006 - 9:00am
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New Orleans' Historic Struggle Against Rising Waters

An excerpt from John McPhee's book, "The Control of Nature", shows why New Orleans has always been vulnerable to flooding.
31 August 2005 - 5:00am
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Calculating The True Cost Of Agribusiness

"Raising Less Corn More Hell" asserts that modern farming methods actually are counter-productive to countering world hunger.
22 July 2005 - 11:00am
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Wireless: A City's Best Friend?

Are wireless networks set to become the new revitalization and urban renewal strategy for the city of the 21st century?
29 November 2004 - 9:00am
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Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) Gets 'Incredible'

The latest Pixar film "The Incredibles" features personal monorail vehicles; now a company in Minnesota is set to make them a reality.
20 November 2004 - 11:00am
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US falls behind on solar power

For the past five years, growth in solar and wind power has increased by 30% per year. Yet the Bush Administration's energy policy has failed to respond to this opportunity.
27 October 2004 - 9:00am
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Unsafe Routes To School?

As Safe Routes to School programs spread throughout the U.S., so do liability concerns that can squelch the walking and bicycling programs before they start.
14 October 2004 - 6:00am
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Super Sized 'Eco-Freindly' May Do More Harm Than Good

Large houses built with green building methods may be more environmentally damaging than smaller houses that are less green.
10 July 2004 - 11:00am
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Radical Experiment: Get Rid Of Stop Signs And Traffic Lights

"Second generation traffic calming" -- removing traffic controls and allowing people and cars to mix freely -- has been successful in Europe and is catching on in the U.K.
21 May 2004 - 10:00am
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Buffalo Commons, East?

A new film from director Richard Linklater offers a daring vision for the World Trade Center memorial: A 16-acre park full of free-roaming bison.
30 January 2003 - 4:00am
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The War On Nature

President Bush's 'war on nature' could have catastrophic consequences.
7 January 2003 - 8:00am
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Drilling And Mining The Nation's Parks

As the debate over the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge continues, drilling and mining on federally-managed lands has already commenced in the lower-48 states without Congressional approval.
29 November 2002 - 4:00am
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Environment Threatened By GOP Takeover

Anthony York says the GOP takeover of the Senate starts a new phase in the battle over the environment.
28 November 2002 - 4:00am
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