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The ground under a West Texas oil patch is moving 'at alarming rates'

Local residents, infrastructure, and oil and gas pipelines could be at risk from the ground heaving and sinking in West Texas after years of fossil fuel production, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University (SMU) scientists. In an SMU statement, research scientist Jin-Woo Kim said, "This region...
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Poor urban design could be at fault for Uber driverless car crash

Uber's self-driving cars are grounded after a fatal accident over the weekend — but a Cato Institute article questions if bad urban design was really to blame. Elaine Herzberg, the woman killed, seems to have been using a pedestrian path, which the institute described as poorly designed, before attempting to...
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Specht Architects' Sundial House is a sculptural extension of the desert landscape

Specht Architects completed the Sundial House, a modernist home that derives its name from the changing play of light and shadow indoors. Set atop a ridge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the award-winning residence is built to look and feel like a sculptural extension of the landscape with impressive panoramic views...
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New Zealand just eradicated 200,000 mice from a single island

New Zealand just eradicated 200,000 mice from a single island in an extermination unlike anything we've seen before. Invasive species can wreak havoc on the environment, and as much as we hate to hear about the mass killing of any animals, sometimes it's the only way to rescue a struggling ecosystem. In New Zealand,...
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Chevron admits "there's no debate about climate science" in court hearing

"From Chevron's perspective there's no debate about climate science," attorney Theodore Boutrous Jr. said in a courtroom this week. In a case pitting Big Oil companies against the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, which allege the fossil fuel corporations should pay for actions like sea walls to deal with the...
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ESA launches world's first mission to explore the "atmospheres of hundreds of planets"

Behold a brand new era of space exploration. The European Space Agency (ESA) just announced plans to launch what Nature describes as the "world's first space telescope dedicated to studying the atmospheres of exoplanets." The four-year, $552 million mission will launch with the Ariane 6 rocket in 2028. The...
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Non-profit uses gunshot detection technology and solar energy to protect the rainforest

San Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend the rainforests of Brazil. The high-tech protection system incorporates machine learning and solar energy to operate sensor devices called Guardians that listen to the rainforest and send real-time...

San Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend the rainforests of Brazil....
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen designs BREEAM-seeking brewery renovation in Riga

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has beaten the likes of Henning Larsen and Zaha Hadid Architects in a competition to design Kimmel Quarter, a major urban revitalization project in Riga, Latvia. Located in the capital’s Central District, the project will be centered on the redevelopment of Brewery Kimmel, a...

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has beaten the likes of Henning Larsen and Zaha Hadid Architects in a competition to design Kimmel Quarter,...
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Dwell on Design returns to Los Angeles this April

Attention, design lovers! The 13th annual Dwell on Design conference is returning to the Los Angeles Convention Center from April 5-7, 2018. A longtime magnet for design enthusiasts and professionals, Dwell on Design showcases the latest in modern architecture, design, technology, and more. This year, the conference...

Attention, design lovers! The 13th annual Dwell on Design conference is returning to the Los Angeles Convention Center from April 5-7, 2018....
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Media lab built from recycled shipping containers pops up in half a day

Four recycled shipping containers have found a new lease on life as Bard College’s new media lab in upstate New York. MB Architecture’s solution is quick, affordable, and modern - and it has the added benefit of a folding glass door that blurs the boundary between indoors and out. Prefabricated offsite, the...

Four recycled shipping containers have found a new lease on life as Bard College’s new media lab in upstate New York. MB Architecture’s solution...
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Spending bill would open the world's largest intact temperate forest to logging

The world's largest intact temperate forest sits in southeast Alaska, where towering trees have been growing for over a millennium. But if Trump and his cronies have their way, those trees won't be around much longer. As part of the budget bill being negotiated today, Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski is pushing to...

The world's largest intact temperate forest sits in southeast Alaska, where towering trees have been growing for over a millennium. But if Trump...
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This café in Vietnam is a modern-day Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Next time you’re in Hanoi, don’t miss the An’garden Café, a breathtaking coffee shop designed by the Le House architecture studio. This innovative space merges industrial style with the traditional look and feel of Vietnamese coffee shops to create a dreamlike interior landscape. Designed as a present for...

Next time you’re in Hanoi, don’t miss the An’garden Café, a breathtaking coffee shop designed by the Le House architecture studio. This...