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Climate

Energy, weather and the cities adapting to both.

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Climate · Adaptation

The heat map that changed a city budget

One summer of sensor data showed a twelve-degree gap between neighbourhoods. The trees came next.

Hana Kobayashi3h ago10 min

Climate · Transport

Hana KobayashiYesterday6 min

World · Transport

Amara Osei2h ago9 min

World · Urban life

Inès Laurent4h ago7 min

World · Transport

Sleeper routes that closed a decade ago are selling out again. Behind the revival: cheap beds, slow travel and a bet on the weekend traveller.

Amara Osei2h ago9 min

World · Urban life

From car-free school roads to kerbside cafés, the fight over who owns the pavement is getting local.

Inès Laurent4h ago7 min

Tech · Hardware

A handful of start-ups think specialised silicon can beat general-purpose scale. Investors are listening.

Tomás Rivera1h ago8 min

Tech · Privacy

Adaptive audio needs microphones that never switch off. What happens to that data is murkier than the marketing.

Tomás Rivera6h ago6 min