Visualizing the Aztecs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has visited the ancient ruins of great civilizations can appreciate the difficulty of visualizing the buildings at their peak. Today's visitor to the British Museum can see...
View ArticleNew Data Support Use Of Instant Run-Off Voting
(PhysOrg.com) -- New data collected as part of a North Carolina State University study during the 2009 municipal election in Hendersonville, N.C., show that voters prefer instant run-off voting (IRV)...
View ArticleSchools should ditch books: New York mayor hopeful
New York students would ditch textbooks and be issued tablets under a proposal by a leading candidate for mayor.
View ArticleUS mayors to vote on climate change resolution
U.S. mayors gathered in Texas will decide whether to endorse a call for cities to use nature to fight the effects of climate change.
View ArticleResearcher explores the truths behind myths of ancient Amazons
Hippolyta, Antiope and Penthesilea. These are the names of Amazonian women warriors made famous in folklore, thanks in large part to male Greek storytellers like Homer and Herodotus.
View ArticleGoogle's Waze app to alert kidnappings in LA
Alerts about hit-and-runs and kidnappings in Los Angeles will soon pop up on traffic app Waze, along with road closure information, the West Coast city's mayor said.
View ArticlePublic pre-K still out of reach for many in NYC, according to report
Public preschool remains out of reach for almost 19,000 children in New York City's low-income neighborhoods as Mayor Bill de Blasio expands his "universal" pre-K program into better-off communities,...
View ArticleParis mayor wants Seine swimming for 2024 Games bid
The mayor of Paris called Tuesday for the city's celebrated river Seine to be cleaned up and made safe for swimming as part of its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games.
View ArticleFrench mayor bans Pokemon figures in his village near Lyon
A French mayor has banned the virtual presence of Pokemon Go characters in his whole eastern village citing security reasons and ordered the game's creator to comply with the decree.
View ArticleBaltimore Police took 1 million surveillance photos of city (Update)
Baltimore Police on Friday released data showing that a surveillance plane secretly flew over the city roughly 100 times, taking more than 1 million snapshots of the streets below.
View ArticleLondon mayor issues health alert over air pollution
London's mayor has issued a smog alert for the British capital, advising people with heart and lung conditions to avoid outdoor exercise.
View ArticleLondon, Paris, Seoul launch 'name-and-shame' polluting car index
The mayors of Paris, London and Seoul on Wednesday launched an initiative to rate the most polluting vehicles in a bid to keep them off the roads of their cities.
View ArticleBloomberg leads mass coalition declaring support for Paris climate deal
Led by former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, nearly 1,000 business and government leaders declared Monday their intent to honor the Paris climate accord, days after US President Donald Trump announced...
View ArticleUS mayors back plan for cities to use only renewable energy
A bipartisan group of mayors from across the country unanimously backed an ambitious commitment for U.S. cities to run entirely on renewable sources such as wind and solar in two decades.
View ArticleUS mayors bypass Trump to back Paris climate goals
President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord has triggered a bipartisan push from US mayors to stick to the emissions cuts Washington had pledged to hit, the mayor of...
View ArticleIn rural Kentucky, solar eclipse preparation keeps town busy (Update)
Cross over the old Louisville & Nashville Railroad in this town remembered for its Civil War encampment and you'll see the first signs—there's fresh anticipation in the rural areas that will be...
View ArticleAs the Trump administration retreats on climate change, US cities are moving...
Despite almost universal scientific consensus that climate change poses a growing threat, President Donald Trump's recent infrastructure plan makes no mention of the need to build resilience to rising...
View ArticleAtlanta still feeling the effects of ransomware cyberattack
Atlanta's mayor says the city continues to operate despite ongoing troubles caused by a cyberattack on its computer network last week.
View ArticleBoston, other cities, to work to curb renewable energy costs
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh is hoping to work with other cities to drive down the cost of renewable energy by asking developers for price estimates to meet their collective energy demand.
View ArticleCity of Seattle fighting federal government's new 5G rules
The city of Seattle will appeal rules set last week by the federal government that seek to set a countrywide standard for how much cities can charge telecom providers to set up 5G technology for...
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