There’s a lot of asphalt in the U.S.—approximately 18 billion tons, according to the National Asphalt Pavement…

In the early 1980s, Washington Post editor Joel Garreau wrote about how he would redraw the map of North America as…

Since 2014, conservationists have been trying to secure protections for the monarch butterfly under the Endangered…

New archaeological evidence suggests the inhabitants of Çatalhöyük, an ancient city founded over 9,000 years ago in…

Cars are as wrapped up in Los Angeles’ identity as tacos, the Hollywood sign, and palm trees. But the auto culture…

When your grandchildren plan a trip to Denver later this century, they’ll need to leave the winter hat at home and…

Anyone who’s spent time in a city in the summer knows that these bastions of blacktop get uncomfortably hot compared…

In a way, cities are giant science labs, providing an environment for organisms that’s unlike anywhere else on the…

In another stunning display of its might, Amazon will be transforming an old post office building into a new Amazon…

Climate change could make drought a way of life in certain parts of the world. Though the prospect of “Day Zero” in…

There’s a new trend sweeping the nation—the world actually—and it’s called plogging. No, not blogging on platforms…

Growing up around Washington, D.C., it’s a relief to now live in a city laid out in a coherent fashion, with…

After what felt like five years of mayoral begging and media gimmicks, we finally know the top 20 finalists in the…

When you’re in a major city, it can be easy to forget about the outside world. But city life is not a hermetic…

When humans settled into larger villages and towns some 12,000 years ago along with the advance of agriculture,…

In the latest example of “Philip K Dick-inspired nightmare becomes real life,” Saudi Arabia just became the first…

If you’ve ridden the New York City subway, you know the feeling. You buy a flimsy plastic card that lets you ride…

A so-called “fatberg”—a tightly congealed mass of fat, wet wipes, diapers, and condoms—is blocking a section of…

Jeff Bezos and friends are on a bit of a spending spree. Amazon just announced that it’s looking to drop a cool $5…

In Julius Horsthuis’ short film Recurrence, he takes the audience on a slow descent into a sprawling metropolis he’s…