Mexico City Could Sink Up to 65 Feet
Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting—and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year......»»
Brazilians "struggling to breathe" as Amazon burns
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city......»»
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves launches in April with some key features
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is coming next April, and it boasts key features like rollback netcode......»»
Ancient civilizations had ways to counter the urban heat island effect—how history"s lessons apply to cities today
As intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even the most intense periods of extreme heat, some city blocks never experience heat wave temperatures......»»
Tesla has released a cheaper Model 3 — and I really hope it comes to the U.S.
Tesla has taken the wraps off of a cheaper Model 3, but for now, it's only available in Mexico. That's a shame -- I really hope the vehicle makes it to the U.S......»»
Turkey battles forest fires for third day
Firefighters were battling a strong forest fire in Turkey's Aegean city of Izmir for a third day on Saturday, AFP reporters said, a day after hundreds of local people in nearby villages had to be evacuated......»»
Chelsea vs Man City live stream: Can you watch for free?
Manchester City begin their Premier League title defense with a huge opening-week fixture against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge today. The Citizens are surely favorites, as they will be in most matches this season, but as they learned last year when the.....»»
Urban Birds Are Harboring Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Exposure to bacteria in landfill sites and polluted rivers may explain prevalence among city-dwelling birds......»»
Popular AI “nudify” sites sued amid shocking rise in victims globally
“Nudify” sites may be fined for making it easy to “see anyone naked,” suit says. Enlarge (credit: Viktoriya Skorikova | Moment) San Francisco's city attorney David Chiu is suing to shut down 16 of the most popula.....»»
Hong Kong welcomes birth of first giant panda cubs
Hong Kong on Thursday announced the birth of a set of giant panda twins, the first cubs to be born in the city......»»
Tiny South American deer debuts at New York City zoo
A tiny South American deer that will weigh only as much as a watermelon when fully grown is making its debut at the Queens Zoo in New York City......»»
Flint"s Buick City site lands 1st new tenant in sweeping redevelopment project
Flint's Buick City site lands 1st new tenant in sweeping redevelopment project.....»»
City birds found to be carriers of antimicrobial resistant bacteria
Research led by scientists at the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research at Oxford University has found that wild birds such as ducks and crows living close to humans, for example in cities, are likely to carry bacteria with antimicrobial.....»»
Study reveals urban trees suffer more from heat waves and drought than their rural counterparts
A recently published study in Ecological Applications details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively impacted by heat waves and drought than trees of the same species in nearby rural forests. The finding, made by researchers at the.....»»
House call: A new study rethinks early Christian landmark
Since its discovery by modern researchers a century ago, an ancient structure known as the "Christian building" has become widely considered the cornerstone of early Christian architecture. Constructed around 232 C.E. in the ancient city of Dura-Euro.....»»
Honking robotaxis are keeping San Francisco residents awake at night
There are lots of noises to keep you awake when you live in a city: busy traffic, police sirens, barking dogs, driverless cars. Wait — driverless cars?!?.....»»
Honking robotaxis are keeping residents awake at night
There are lots of noises to keep you awake when you live in a city: busy traffic, police sirens, barking dogs, driverless cars. Wait — driverless cars?!?.....»»
Apple Maps Look Around spreading outside city centers in the U.S., coming to more countries
Apple is bringing Look Around to more areas, including an expansion of existing locations for the Apple Maps feature and into new countries, including Egypt, China, and Turkey.An example of Apple Maps' Look Around functionApple's take on Google Stree.....»»
GMC gives Terrain crossover a pickup-inspired redesign, bigger screens
Production of the 2025 Terrain is set to begin this fall at General Motors' San Luis Potosi plant in Mexico. Pricing was not disclosed......»»
Apple to reclaim wetlands near its Iowa data center
Apple is applying to the City of Waukee in Iowa, just west of Des Moines, to return some of its land surrounding its iCloud data center back into a freshwater marsh, also known as a "prairie pothole."Apple's conceptual plan for the first of its two d.....»»
Research findings suggest nilgai antelope are not carriers of bovine babesiosis
Nilgai, a non-native antelope species that freely ranges Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico, do not appear to be susceptible to infection following experimental exposure to Babesia bovis, according to recent findings by Texas A&M AgriLife Researc.....»»