Cities

This July, the NYPD will be releasing invisible, odorless, nontoxic gases to better understand how contaminants will disperse in accidents and attacks.

5 | May 5, 2013 10:46pm | By Janet Fang

Staples is making is more conceivable that one day more people will have 3D printers in their homes.

May 3, 2013 7:49am | By Tyler Falk

A review of Ticked: A Medical Miracle, a Friendship, and the Weird World of Tourette Syndrome, by James A. Fussell and Jeff P. Matovic

May 10, 2013 3:00am | By Jenna Marotta

As a curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Bennett Simpson helps define contemporary art in America. How has he chosen to use his power?

May 10, 2013 3:00am | By Rachel James

Santa Clara is now the first U.S. city with community-wide access to free, outdoor Wi-Fi, thanks to smart meters.

4 | March 27, 2013 12:14pm | By Tyler Falk

Boston and Copenhagen top the list this year as cities with the smartest people, economies, and leadership.

8 | January 10, 2013 9:53am | By Joe McKendrick

You can finally see how much U.S. hospitals charge.

May 8, 2013 7:20am | By Tyler Falk

A new generation of architecture students is marshalling their brains and muscle behind projects that make a real-world difference for the disadvantaged, disabled or displaced.

1 | May 8, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

The city is moving forward with a plan to build more 250 square foot apartments.

7 | January 22, 2013 1:04pm | By Tyler Falk

Bitly's chief data scientist asks how individuals can get more from big data, from better book recommendations to health predictions.

3 | April 30, 2013 3:00am | By Audrey Quinn

Kansas City is using sewer sludge to turn a profit.

9 | December 31, 2012 2:15pm | By Tyler Falk

Architects are struggling with design responses for gun issues, everything from walled cities and fortified materials to better interior visibility and memorials at the sites of tragedies.

58 | April 10, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

Zipcar's co-founder believes resource sharing can create exponential change.

16 | May 6, 2013 4:39am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

And how to sell there, where spending will increase by $1 trillion a year, according to McKinsey.

April 19, 2013 4:29am | By Mark Halper

Business leaders in Las Vegas are building a first-of-its-kind urban transportation model.

4 | April 19, 2013 4:00am | By Tyler Falk

MEXICO CITY -- A new exhibit aims to preserve the unique sounds of the city's neighborhoods, even as the government dedicates a new force to policing noise pollution.

1 | January 30, 2013 3:00am | By Lauren Villagran

Do you like to stand or sit? If you choose to stand, do you prefer vertical poles or overhead bars? Researchers spent weeks recording our decisions.

2 | April 18, 2013 1:20pm | By Janet Fang

In an effort to control the rat population lurking within New York City's subway, the city is turning to an unusual method -- sterilization.

March 13, 2013 9:39am | By Charlie Osborne

From transportation to energy systems, city leaders are looking to smart city technology to improve efficiency.

1 | February 5, 2013 9:25am | By Tyler Falk

Makes horse sound delicious.

11 | May 3, 2013 6:12am | By Mark Halper