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Kecia Lynn
Kecia Lynn has worked as a technical writer, editor, software developer, arts administrator, summer camp director, and television host. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she is currently living in Iowa City and working on her first novel.
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In Mexico City, one of the world's most polluted cities, construction is underway on a tower shielded with a tile screen that breaks down smog into less dangerous components.
Originally designed for the elderly and disabled, the Hitachi Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System negotiates itself around pedestrians and over uneven terrain using a variety of sensors and guidance systems.
The California city may be the first in the nation to replace residential electric meters with smart meters that provide outdoor wi-fi through a separate channel.
A Florida-based startup has created a bracelet-type device that works with RFID tags at hand washing stations to ensure that its wearer is being thorough. It's currently targeted at the healthcare industry, where infections can be very expensive.
Created by researchers at the University of Texas-Austin, the cloak only works in the microwave spectrum but could theoretically be used to hide objects in visible light.
Experts say that climate change is affecting the wine industry both in terms of budding grape growing locations -- like Denmark -- and the quality of wines produced in established locations.
A report out from the EPA this week says that only one in five rivers and streams are in good condition, and just over half are in poor condition.
By genetically modifying a unique microorganism, researchers have discovered a way to turn atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into useful industrial products. Their find could lead to the creation of biofuels that "remove plants as the middleman."
A study published in the recent issue of Geology ties seismic events in central Oklahoma to wastewater produced from oil extraction and injected deep underground.
It has wings coated in photovoltaic cells that power four electric motors, and next month, the Solar Impulse single-seater will fly from California to New York.
A source for 888.com says it could offer its services in Nevada as soon as May, making the state the second to legalize Internet betting since a federal act banned it in 2006.
A survey of American adults showed that while more of us are living more of our lives online than ever before, there's a corresponding rise in the need for and appreciation of physical objects, tasks, and connections.
In a new report, researchers say that high-speed rail has created "market integration" between three large Chinese cities and smaller "satellite" cities outside of them, and that some of their conclusions can apply to California's current effort.
A Canadian man is offering a house for sale in either Canadian dollars "or its Bitcoin equivalent." It's one of several signs that the virtual currency is becoming more popular.
A study published in this week's Science provides the clearest proof yet that a series of volcanic eruptions wiped out half of Earth's animal and plant species prior to the dinosaur era.
The $250,000 seven-meter truck was unveiled in Cape Town last week, and is designed to reach the 6 in 10 sub-Saharan Africans who live in rural areas without easy access to medical treatment.
A new study that examined 30 years' worth of data on cliff swallows shows that "vehicular selection" contributed to a drastic drop in the number of birds killed by cars during the period.
"Society 2.0" -- the label writer Richard Hollingham gives to future space colonies -- will probably be a lot messier and more complicated than what's been modeled via the "Star Trek" franchise.
The isotope has been used to power spacecraft for decades, but the US had been getting its supply from Russia since 1988. That agreement ended in 2010, and now some scientists say the stockpile is "alarmingly low."
One architect advocates for combining a surplus of dead trees with new technologies to create buildings of up to 30 stories that will shelter future city residents.