Researchers at Rice University showed that social media posts can be used to measure pollution in Chinese urban areas. In the study and with the help of ...
Cultural differences in care for data privacy
According to Europe’s Commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager, Europeans are more concerned about data privacy than Americans. In order to be ...
Smart city analysis in London in 1854
Already in 1854 John Snow traced the source of cholera outbreak in Broad Street, London to a water pump by mapping the locations of where people had died. ...
More social solutions against climate change
New research stresses the value of broad social awareness and behavioral change in the fight against climate change. Technical solutions alone are not ...
How Europe’s refugee crisis stirs creative housing concepts
When the first wave of refugees hit Europe in 2015, many cities started quickly building simple shelters as temporary places to live. But as the influx of ...
Why we need to measure AI’s societal impacts
Artificial Intelligence produces compelling advances in complex tasks and dramatic improvements in areas such as energy consumption. At the same time, it ...
Germany aims to integrate refugees through education
Germany tries to provide educational services for refugee children regardless of their official status, but its school infrastructure is lagging behind &# ...
Leben in Deutschland: Zurück auf’s Land?
Zwanzig Jahre lang sind mehr Deutsche in die Stadt gezogen als auf’s Land – ein Trend, der sich nun umgekehrt hat, wie die Wanderungssalden ...
How three-day weekends could save our planet
In theory, expanding the weekend to three days would not only mean more leisure time for everyone, but could also have positive impacts on the environment ...
Tokio: Kleinstadtidylle in der Megacity
Tokio ist eine Stadt der Gegensätze: Einerseits leben hier 38 Millionen Menschen auf engstem Raum zusammen, andererseits findet man unweit der Hauptstraß ...
