Cities & Planning

Sakhalin is a long, skinny island east of Russia’s mainland. Winters can get very cold and snowy there. Not many people outside of Russia know much about Sakhalin. Apparently it used to be home to a Tsarist penal colony and Anton Chekov once described it as “hell” but Tatyana Kim swears it’s a beautiful place

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Two greenhouse domes on the Colville Reservation will house the state’s first 'agrivoltaics' project, where food and electricity can grow in tandem on small acreage.

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For Alice Pasquini, painting outside among pedestrians, cars, and the milieu of local life is an inherent component of her practice. The artist begins each mural by studying the intended wall and its physical qualities. Material, paint color, and various markings and damages offer indications about

Continuing my investigation of the USDA Quickstats site I first used here… Notes on inspiration I was first inspired to do this piece when I saw these analogous maps for France: I figured tha…

For half the planet, today is the longest day of the year. For the rest of us, the shortest. There was a solstice before there were people. All of our other holidays don’t fit that definition…

The Ojibwe name for wild rice is Manoomin, which translates to “the good berry.” The scientific name is Zizania palustris. It’s the only grain indigenous to North America, and while it might be called rice, it’s actually not closely related to brown or white rice at all. It has long played an important role in

Together with architectural studio Bureau de Change, a student at London’s Central Saint Martins has developed bio-glass tiles made of ground-up quagga mussel shells.

The future of desalination: Using a Teflon-like membrane to purify water Water scarcity is a growing problem around the globe. In Africa alone, it is estimated that about 230 million people will face water shortages by 2025, with up to 460 million living in water-stressed regions. Water covers 7

Seattle ranked ninth in the Startup Genome’s annual global startup ecosystem rankings, up one position from its spot last year. The region also ranked second in North America in terms… Read More

Residents & shops are installing solar-plus-battery systems after Hurricane Maria.

The nonprofit FIRST Clinic works to prevent family separation by pairing parents in addiction recovery with healthcare and legal support.

When I was growing up in the suburbs, I was bothered by all the construction going on in the big city nearby (New York). Whenever I visited, there were detours, cranes, cement trucks blocking the streets, never-ceasing jackhammers, sidewalks closed,

Sailcargo doesn’t expect to replace the massive industry. But as companies look for ways to reduce emissions, it can offer a solution that works now. Because it doesn’t use shipping containers—goods...

The industrial designer shares the design process behind his first task chair, and why he aims to build icons rather than circular designs.

Milan’s botanical garden is self-powered—thanks partly to the energy created by its human visitors.

Daoming Town in Sichuan Province, China, is known for its bamboo weaving traditions. "The practice," says Archi-Union Architects, "is more than a rural industry. It is an integral part of the way families in the town spend time together and how neighbors visit with each another." One of the firm'

What would have happened if the Seattle Monorail Project had actually succeeded?

Living in an urban environment for most of my life has certainly impacted the way I look at cars. Carbon emissions aside, I accept that there is a need for them sometimes, even in a city. But in my…

Playgrounds at about 300 schools have been renovated, benefiting students but also addressing the climate crisis

A handy tool to help make your case when whining about a biannual time change, following earlier explorations of the geography of DST effects. Protip: go to landscape mode if you're looking at this on a phone. Measuring if—and how much—DST sucks for you While my earlier map was interesting to explore, it leaves too much room for interpretation. You don't have time for that. Your life is too awful because of a lost hour, or a gained one. You need fast FACTS. So for this map I made up a score to prove that yo

Daylight Saving Time Gripe Assistant Tool: For this map I made up a score to prove that you're right (or wrong) about Daylight Saving Time ruining everything. It's the total number of days with both sunrise and sunset times that satisfy your preferences, minus a penalty for sunrise and sunset times that are too late or early, respectively.

Public transport maps are easy to take for granted but surprisingly difficult to master; conveying a mass of data in one simple design is no easy task. Veteran graphic designer and transit map enthusiast Cameron Booth runs through the dos and don'ts of effective map design.

The first cases of Heartland virus disease were identified in Missouri in 2009. Since then, clusters of cases have been linked to the lone star tick.