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October 1, 2014
A Danish company is building a $335 million seawall around New York
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy destroyed homes, wasted businesses, flooded tunnels, and submerged subways. The storm brought tens of thousands of lives to a halt, and revealed New York City’s vulnerabilities to severe climate conditions and rising waters.
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September 24, 2014
Finally, a fire hydrant for the 21st century
A retired New York firefighter invents a safer, smarter, and sturdier hydrant
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September 17, 2014
Can crowdfunding help San Francisco's homeless?
HandUp connects donors with those in need
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September 3, 2014
Doctor turns to 3D printers in a race to save a toddler's mind
On a Tuesday last summer, Erin Mandeville was at a CVS buying medicine for her five-month-old baby, Gabriel. Close to 4PM, she noticed her infant’s eyes roll back in quick succession. It was the first of Gabriel’s many episodes of infantile spasms th
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August 27, 2014
How to feed the cities of the future
One MIT scientist hopes to farm without soil for city life
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August 15, 2014
The Verge Detours season 2 returns August 27th
Solving America's problems in unconventional ways
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November 13, 2013
The camera next door: how neighbors watch neighbors in New Orleans
Ordinary people are installing security cameras in high-crime cities to help police, but is it working?
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November 6, 2013
Where cats glow green: weird feline science in New Orleans
How the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species plans to save endangered wildcats
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October 30, 2013
The sinkhole that swallowed a swamp
A 25-acre pit won't stop growing — and it's threatening a Louisiana town
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October 16, 2013
Cleaning up one of America's most polluted cities
A Pittsburgh-area steel town fights for clear skies
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October 9, 2013
How Disney is helping plants find their voice
A sensor from Dr. Ivan Poupyrev makes musical instruments out of everything
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October 2, 2013
A city in flames: inside Detroit's war on arson
Understaffed and with few resources, Detroit-area firefighters battle a plague of abandoned, burning buildings
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September 25, 2013
The joy of mind-controlled flamethrowers
i3 Detroit is building a community of Motor City makers
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September 18, 2013
Shinola is bringing watchmaking to Detroit
In a city blighted by unemployment, a dwindling population, and a dysfunctional government, one company hopes for a renaissance
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August 28, 2013
Meat lovers: AgLocal thinks it can take ethical farms mainstream
A Kansas City startup offers an alternative to factory farming