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Maps
Breadbaskets and Water Hogs
Stark maps highlight inefficiencies in global food production.
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Photos
The 8 Worst Things About Summer in American Cities
Commence fainting... now.
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Photos
See What a Big-Box Store Looks Like When It's Turned Into a Library
An abandoned Wal-Mart warehouse is transformed into the largest public library in the country.
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Olympics 2012
Beijing's Olympic Ruins
Already decaying infrastructure from the 2008 Summer Games should serve as a lesson to all cities that follow.
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Olympics 2012
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Olympics
London's traffic is being re-routed, bunting is being hung and public art is sprouting up in advance of the Games. -
Photos
China's Air Pollution Problem Explained in One Animation
These before-and-after graphics show just how severe the problem has become.
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Postcard
What It Looks Like to Clean the Top of the World
Wild shots of window washers.
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U.K. Leads the Way on Mayoral Autonomy
Why it's a good thing that British mayors are getting more control over their economies and infrastructure.
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Maps
How to Dramatically Alter British Columbia's Carbon Footprint
A tree-less B.C. would be a carbon catastrophe.
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Photos
The 'Longest Bench' in England Laughs at Your Attempts to Sit On It
A hundred bucks to anyone in England who can grind the length of this bench.

