To protect itself from a devastating flood, Boston was considering building a massive sea wall, cutting north to south through nearly four miles of Boston Harbor, taking $11 billion and at least 30 years to build. But a new ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2018
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Many employees have come to prefer working from home after being forced to do so more than a year ago when the pandemic started. By some estimates, at least one-quarter of employees will still be working remotely multiple ...
Economics & Business
Jun 18, 2021
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Around 100 people on Wednesday protested against Amazon's impending arrival in New York's borough of Queens, condemning $3 billion in tax breaks and incentives, and worried ordinary families will be pushed out by gentrification.
Business
Nov 14, 2018
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In an increasingly digital world, we don't always consider where on earth the information we find online comes from.
Computer Sciences
Jan 9, 2017
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The Army Corps of Engineers says it has found electrical problems at the National Security Agency's $1.7 billion data center that could delay the new facility's long-awaited opening this fall in Utah.
Other
Oct 8, 2013
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Tomorrow is the first World Green Roof Day. Cities around the world will celebrate the well-documented environmental, economic and social benefits of green roofs. New ground-level green spaces are difficult to create in high-density ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2020
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Young boys scramble up the remains of a crumbling section of the ancient city wall in the Kofar Na'isa area of Kano, in northern Nigeria.
Archaeology
Jul 23, 2018
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Egypt opened three tombs in the ancient city of Luxor to the public for the first time on Thursday, hoping to spur interest in tourism despite the shadow of last weekend's airline crash in the Sinai Peninsula.
Archaeology
Nov 5, 2015
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Birds tweet and shears snip as one of Berlin's many urban gardeners tends her city centre allotment, but behind the tranquil scene a battle is raging over the real estate.
Environment
Jun 28, 2019
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Amazon, which is growing too big for its Seattle hometown, is spreading out to the East Coast.
Business
Nov 13, 2018
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