Homeless patients with COVID-19 often go back to life on the streets after hospital care, but there's a better way
What happens to unhoused people who get COVID-19?
Nov. 25, 2020 • ~8 min
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Cities need to embrace the darkness of the night sky – here’s why
Dark skies have value. They are a profoundly wonderful yet highly threatened natural asset.
Nov. 11, 2020 • ~8 min
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Death rates have fallen by 18% for hospitalized COVID–19 patients as treatments improve
Death rates for hospitalized COVID-19 patients fell from 25.6% in March to 7.6% in August, according to a new study on three hospitals in New York. A study in the U.K. found similar results.
Nov. 3, 2020 • ~6 min
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Testing sewage to home in on Covid-19
Letting an algorithm decide which maintenance holes to test for evidence of coronavirus could improve pandemic containment efforts.
Oct. 28, 2020 • ~5 min
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Light pollution may skew mule deer and cougar dynamic
Light pollution in what is home to some of the darkest night skies in the continental US may change the dynamics between mule deer and cougars.
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~8 min
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Homes are flooding outside FEMA's 100-year flood zones, and racial inequality is showing through
New risk models show nearly twice as many properties are at risk from a 100-year flood today than the government's flood maps indicate.
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~8 min
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Don't write off government algorithms – responsible AI can produce real benefits
Despite the exams algorithm fiasco, UK government bodies are making positive uses of the technology.
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~7 min
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When it gets hot, asphalt boosts city air pollution
Asphalt is a significant source of air pollutants in urban areas, especially on hot and sunny days, researchers report.
Sept. 10, 2020 • ~5 min
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New Deal programs still segregate cities and towns
"New Deal housing policies encouraged racial segregation and their substantial impact on American cities and towns can still be seen today."
Aug. 25, 2020 • ~5 min
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