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Urban Studies
All human development, from large cities to small towns, shines light into the night sky.
The typical car is parked 95% of the time.
How to separate the reality from the conspiracy theory.
From the Palace of the Soviets to The Illinois, these unmade buildings would have taken the art of architecture to whole new heights.
While cities drive national economic growth, their political geography means they cannot effectively deal with inequality, poverty, and other socioeconomic problems.
Most popular songs are about love and heartache. But some great songs — albeit underrated and perhaps a bit weird — are about the cities we love.
Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
All roads may not lead to Rome, but many of them lead to wealth and prosperity — even 1,500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire.
Urban legends help personify the anxieties that arise from living in a modern city.
There are nearly 100 towns named "Troy."
Here’s how to appreciate them from a distance.
Break into London Zoo? Illegal, but it would improve the London Circle Walk
The architecture and infrastructure found may well have required the greatest amount of skilled labor of any construction from the same time period in the entire continent.
Can Detroit get its comeback right?
One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
Wyoming's roads are nine times deadlier than Ireland's. California's road safety is on par with Romania's.
At least 33 cities are sinking by more than 1 cm a year.
An effect called the "urban heat island" means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.
The hyperloop would be a great idea for a completely flat planet. With topography and infrastructure, it's a very different story.
Singapore is a breeding ground of truly green buildings.
Africa has the most universities in the 2022 rankings with over two thirds of the world’s youngest universities.
Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous of 10 psychological disorders named after world cities. Most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
Israel’s buoyant currency, coupled with increased costs for transport and groceries, saw Tel Aviv jump five places from last year.
France is split in two by its very own "desert," the Empty Diagonal. The area’s depopulation is fairly recent, and Paris is to blame.
We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the “pointiest” one, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.
Looking with lasers, researchers discovered that many Olmec and Mayan ruins seem to have been constructed from the same blueprint.