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Videos
Does City Life Have to Mean Life Without Stars?
A new film explores what we lose when light pollution cancels out the night sky.
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Photos
Probably Offensive Street Art of the Day: Fatties, Step to the Right
A direct, if rude, way to attack America's obesity epidemic.
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The High Cost of Losing Urban Trees
Tennessee reaps a $638 million yearly benefit from its urban trees – and an $80 billion loss if they disappeared.
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Maps
Where the Heavy Metal Bands Are
Why do most heavy metal bands hail from Scandinavia and Northern Europe?
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Photos
The U.K.'s Most Depressing Shopping Centers, When They Were New
An unpolished look back at post-war urban renewal in Great Britain.
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Finally, a Nano Car That Can Withstand Bullets and Grenades
Tata Motors, the maker of the world's cheapest car, has unveiled an armored electric microcar that climbs stairs.
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Postcard
Postcard From Belfast
Rebuilding one of the city's most famous sites.
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What Salamanders Can Teach Us About Urban Evolution
We have built a city up around them, but amphibians and mammals alike have persisted by genetically diversifying.
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Charts
The Uneven Future of Urbanization
The United Nations projects a huge global urban population boom by 2050, but in some places more than others.
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Photos
The Fight to Save Los Angeles's Little Tokyo
The struggle to preserve the neighborhood's unique character in the face of development.
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