New Scientist

A century ago there were plans to supplant much of Manhattan's metro system with subterranean moving walkways. This article looks at the history.

Water projects and diversion efforts in Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria are draining the marshlands near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, known as the 'Fertile Crescent'.

Testing is underway in the U.K. on 'Anaconda', a giant rubber 'snake' that converts tidal wave energy to electricity. A full-sized Anaconda could reportedly power 1,000 homes.

A new study has shown that city dwellers are less of a burden on the environment than those outside of city and metropolitan areas.

UNESCO has released a detailed map of the world's aquifers, a move the organization hopes will enable more intelligent use of natural resources.

Think a city's road network is a result of rational planning? Well, think again. After analyzing over 300 cities -- both old and new -- scientists have discovered that cities tend to grow like organisms, and follow a similar mathematical pattern.

Researchers in Japan have created a live model of the so-called "shockwave" theory to explain traffic congestion.

Scientists are proposing a plan to buffer the Gulf Coast from the brunt of hurricanes by engineering more than 1000 square kilometers of new wetlands along the coast.

New archaeological findings suggest that ancient Mesopotamian cities did not develop by spreading outward from a central point, but rather by clustering nearby villages into larger cities.

The Army Corps of Engineers is testing the pumps on an isolated section of a canal in New Orleans to see if water can be pumped from the canal to nearby Lake Pontchartrain faster -- a development that could minimize flooding during future hurricanes.

Mining has expanded around many of the country's national parks, causing concern that the legal extraction of natural and hazardous materials is harming the protected ecosystems.

A new report from the United Nations Population Fund argues that cities should be planning ahead to handle the expected population boom in urban areas.

A new study has shown that increasing urban park space can have a significant effect on reducing city temperatures -- a strategy that could be used to mitigate the temperature increase caused by climate change.

The WorldMapper takes cartography and demographics to a whole new level -- these cartograms make stats from international immigration, to tourism and population, sexy.

A new service will begin predicting California traffic conditions seven days in advance.

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley devise a way to map a city, street by street, recording every window and doorway.

At just under one-half mile tall, construction is set to begin on the Burj Dubai skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A new electronic system can detect road signs and will warn the driver when necessary.

Could highly-engineered, eco-friendly structures be the future of housing for those in vulnerable areas?

Cleanup efforts for the dirtiest nuclear site in the U.S. have a 50% chance of a major accident, according to a new report.