In: World News
These Cities are Investing in Walkable Neighborhoods
09/02/2016The big winner? Philadelphia, where the historic urban core is being redeveloped at a rapid clip.
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New Book Accuses Cambodian H&M Factory of Hiring 14-Year-Old Workers
09/02/2016With its borders now open after decades of isolation, Myanmar is growing in popularity as a manufacturing destination…
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Americans Are Drowning in “Stuff” (And It’s Stressing Us Out)
08/31/2016…a new study published on Monday that casts a gimlet eye at a nation caught in a state of chronic clutter and the unnecessary anxiety it provokes.
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Climate Change-Friendly Milk That Empowers African Women: Camels Are the New Cows
08/30/2016The demand for camel milk has gotten so huge so quickly, Kenyan farmers are having trouble keeping up.
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Poverty, Drought and Felled Trees Imperil Malawi Water Supply
08/29/2016Like other parts of the continent, Malawi has a fast-growing population and rapid urbanization.
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This Planet Just Outside Our Solar System Is ‘Potentially Habitable’
08/26/2016“Now that we know the planet is there, we can be more creative.
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Zika Poised for Possible Spread across U.S. Gulf
08/25/2016“This is something that could hang around for a year or two,”
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Justice Department Phasing out Privately Run Prisons
08/24/2016As the federal prison population rate increased eight-fold between 1980 and 2013, the BOP began to contract with more prison contractors to cope with the surge in inmates.
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Giant Coral Reef in Protected Area Shows New Signs of Life
08/23/2016“Are we the last ones to see her alive and healthy?”
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Zika outbreak declared in Miami Beach
08/22/2016A major new study has suggested that Zika attacks immature cells…
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