Nearly one trillion dollars of US real estate is threatened by rising seas, and the risk is already affecting home values
The projections are staggering: By 2100, the homes of 4.7 million Americans could be vulnerable to rising sea levels, posing a threatto nearly one trillion dollars in coastal real estate.
NYC is the capital of a booming artificial intelligence industry
The city boasts the highest percentage of AI and machine learning positions in a single metro area
Why engineers are looking to animals for new technology
While it might be too late for us to learn these lessons ourselves from our animal counterparts, it’s not too late to pass them on to our inventions. And biomimetic and bio-inspired labs across the world are doing just that.
Technology hasn’t killed public libraries – it’s inspired them to transform and stay relevant
As vital as libraries are to individuals, their value is also connected to broader civic agendas.
Hundreds of thousands displaced as Shenzhen ‘upgrades’ its urban villages
Anger is growing as migrant workers are being forced from their homes or face unaffordable rents for renovated housing.