Sinking Cities: Satellites Reveal Global Patterns of Urban Land Subsidence
A new global satellite analysis of 465 cities reveals widespread urban land subsidence, with the most severe sinking in Southern ...
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Sinking Cities Mapped From Space: Global Radar Survey Reveals Where the Ground Is Falling
A decade of satellite radar data reveals that land subsidence is widespread across 465 major cities worldwide, with hotspots in ...
One Number Reveals How Far Mobility Waves Travel Through a City
A new single-number metric, the spatial range exponent, reveals a universal decay of mobility correlations across US cities and flags ...
How Urban Memory Could Protect the Mental Health of Lifelong City Residents
A new experimental study using multimodal psychophysiological measurements suggests that urban memory significantly improves mental health in older lifelong city ...
Virtual Time Travel Through Old Hong Kong Boosts Memory and Well-Being in Older Adults
An immersive virtual reality reconstruction of historical Hong Kong improved memory recall, lowered stress, and increased social connectedness in older ...
Rerouting Just 2% of Trips Could Ease Traffic and Slash City Emissions
A large-scale routing-app experiment shows that redirecting fewer than two percent of trips measurably improves urban traffic flow and could ...
Cities Are Acting on Climate, But the Boldest Health Wins Remain Untested
A landmark umbrella review of 49 systematic reviews finds that urban climate actions deliver modest health co-benefits, mainly through active ...
India’s Economic Boom Powered by Coal Is Claiming Lives in Its Cities
A new Nature Cities study links India's coal-driven electricity demand since 2000 to doubling urban aerosol loading, rising sulfate pollution ...
Robots Are Leaving the Factory and Reshaping the City, Scientists Warn
A Nature Cities Perspective argues that the spread of urban robots, from delivery pods to humanoid platforms, is governed by ...
Cities Don’t Just Get Soaked by Extreme Rain—They Help Brew It
A major review in Nature Cities synthesizes evidence that cities actively intensify short-duration extreme rainfall through heat, roughness and aerosols, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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