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One Climate Change Era Growth Industry: Giant Sewer Balloons
In a race to meet EPA guidelines, U.S. cities have installed dozens of these devices over the past decade.
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Swarm Watch
17-Year Brood II Cicadas Emergence Update: They're Nearly Heeeere!
The sex-crazed insects have been busy in the past few weeks, with early sightings in the lands surrounding New York and Washington, D.C.
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How the Highway Killed Washington's Waterfront
And how the city plans to bring it back to life.
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D.C.'s Elegant Metro Map Suffers From Growing Pains
WMATA's new design proposals foretell a busier, uglier future.
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Swarm Watch
Where the Cicadas Are Now Emerging
People have seen bugs belonging to Brood II, aka the mega-prolific 17-year cicada, from Georgia up to New York.
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Do Long Commutes Discourage Married Women From Working?
A new study finds that they do — to a very considerable extent.
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Road Testing the Newest Wave in Taxi Hailing Apps
Uber Taxi vs. TaxiMe vs. myTaxi, a head-to-head match-up.
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How Diverse Schools Could Help Fight the Worst Effects of Gentrification
Done right, they might enable "meaningful social interaction" between a neighborhood's new arrivals and its existing residents.
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Major U.S. Cities Remain on High Alert Following Boston Marathon Attacks
New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. have stepped up police presence on transit, at tourist attractions, and near hotels.
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8 Tools We Used to Navigate the World Around Us Before GPS and Smartphones
A new Smithsonian exhibit takes on the history of "getting from here to there."
