Tech
Virginia Quake Raises More Questions about U.S. East Coast Infrastructure
The U.S. East Coast endures far fewer temblors than the west coast, but damage to dams on the "right coast" could be significant given the older architecture
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Tech
System Analysis and Programming
The process of stating a problem in a language that is acceptable to a computer is primarily intuitive rather than formal. A specific example of the process is given
Health
Best of the Best Top 10 Cities: Green Living, Health, Air Quality and Technology
To coincide with Scientific American 's "Cities" special topic issue, we gathered recent lists ranking U.S. cities on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology...
Tech
The Top 10 Cities for Technology
To coincide with Scientific American 's "Cities" special topic issue, we put together recently compiled lists ranking U.S. cities on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology...
Sustainability
Can a Sustainable City Rise in the Middle Eastern Desert?
Masdar aims to be the source for a environmentally friendly urban future, but some planners doubt it offers much for other cities to emulate
The Sciences
The Top 10 Cities for Air Quality
To coincide with Scientific American 's "Cities" special topic issue, we assembled recently compiled lists ranking U.S. cities on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology...
Tech
Share the Wealth: New Urban Poverty Atlases Now Provide Data to Slum Dwellers
A nonprofit works to get information about the lack of health, water and sanitation services into the hands not just of the government but of slum residents as well
Green Living
The Top 10 Cities for a Healthy Life
As part of Scientific American 's "Cities" special topic issue, we assembled recently compiled lists ranking cities across the U.S. on aspects of green living, pollution, health and technology...
Sustainability
Can Suburbs Be Designed to Do Away with the Car?
The public-transit goals of "new urbanism" can fail if residents don't foresee true travel benefits
The Sciences
Top 10 Cities for Green Living
Not all cities are created equal. As part of Scientific American 's "Cities" special topic issue, for the next five days we will feature recently compiled lists ranking cities across the U.S...
Health
Surviving the Unwired Wild: 6 Mobile Offline Apps Make a Smart Phone an Essential Part of a Camper's Tool Kit [Slide Show]
Identify local flora and fauna, map your location, and survey the night sky using the power of your smart phone
The Sciences
"Alternative Evolution" of Dinosaurs Foresaw Contemporary Paleo Finds [Slide Show]
What if, by some fluke of evolutionary history, dinosaurs never went extinct? A geologist's imaginings of this scenario now bear a remarkable resemblance to creatures preserved in recent discoveries...
Sustainability
First Nations Tribe Combines Science with Legacy of Conservation
Locals with a long history of traditional stewardship of resources are now conducting fisheries surveys to ensure sustainability
The Sciences
Hair of the Bear: Fur Samples Yield Insights into Grizzlies' Salmon Dependence [Slide Show]
Researchers are checking in this summer at 72 baited hair-snagging stations located across 5,000 square kilometers of remote temperate rain forest in Heiltsuk Traditional Territory, British Columbia...
Mind
Do Language and Music Mimic Nature?
In a new book, neuroscientist and author Mark Changizi explores how language and music separate us from our primate ancestors
