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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Urban Trees Ease Negative Emotions on Social Media, Especially During COVID-19
Satellite-based tree canopy data and millions of geotagged social media posts across more than 400 Brazilian cities reveal that each ...
Cities Supercharge Biological Invasions as Global Study Exposes Hidden Drivers
A global analysis of 1,029 cities shows that urbanization itself, through habitat modification, warming and eroded native biodiversity, drives the ...
How Terrain Shaped the First Towns of Neolithic China
A new study in Nature Cities uses topographic accessibility modeling to show how terrain shaped the size, placement, and organization ...
Scientists Weigh Every Building on Earth to Reveal the Most Material-Efficient City Design
A new global study weighing 606 million buildings reveals that dense cities of uniformly short buildings use construction materials most ...
Sponge Cities Cut Flood-Linked Dysentery Risk in China, Study Finds
A nationwide analysis of 4.2 million bacillary dysentery cases shows that China's sponge city initiative reduced flood-related disease risk by ...
Weighing 600 Million Buildings Exposes Stark Global Inequality in Urban Materials
A new building-level global inventory reveals that humanity's structures hold 835 gigatonnes of material, with low- and middle-income countries holding ...
Redesigning Streets to Feel Safe: Urban Design Eases Fear of Crime for Women and Men Alike
New research in Nature Cities shows that targeted urban design interventions, from lighting to spatial openness, reduce fear of crime ...
Terrain Held the Blueprint: How Landscape Accessibility Built China’s First Cities
New research shows that terrain-derived accessibility structured Neolithic settlement systems in pre-state China, laying the spatial foundations for later cities.
Glowing Social Media Posts About City Life May Mask Depression Risk
A large-scale analysis of Chinese social media finds that intense positive sentiment toward cultural and residential urban places is associated ...
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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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