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Patrick Sisson

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New York City’s next transportation revolution might be on the water

Marcus Hoed, a Dutch immigrant who founded the New York-based shipping company DutchX in 2013, was always intrigued by the possibilities of...

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Can’t find an apartment in San Francisco? Go ahead and blame AI

San Francisco’s AI boom is bringing jobs to the city, raising rents, and heating up an already hot housing market.

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The secret to all those death-defying Olympic jumps is a giant plastic airbag

Winter sports have become more extreme, thanks to giant flop bags that let athletes test-run their most daring tricks.

21.02.2026 20

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This new social network is designed specifically for neurodivergent adults

Synchrony is built to foster friendships among a unique population.

19.02.2026 6

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A coworking space for the 1% of workers

30.01.2026 5

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Uber’s founder wants to disrupt your apartment

28.01.2026 10

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This skyline-stealing mural also powers its building

13.01.2026 10

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This Florida mega-development is turning suburban backyards into a nature paradise

17.11.2025 10

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This wealthy California town built affordable housing in an unusual location

11.11.2025 10

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These ‘Frankenstein’ buildings show how wood can make an old building new again

10.11.2025 4

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In the future, U.S. troops won’t just deploy drones. They’ll make them

30.10.2025 6

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As Los Angeles rebuilds, a fight is brewing over landscaping rules designed to prevent future fires

19.10.2025 10

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This company is driving new innovation to clean up the dirty process of building roads

17.10.2025 4

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These windows are credit-card thin. They’re about to revolutionize the way we design buildings

29.09.2025 10

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This old Denny’s is now a colorful daycare for homeless families

03.09.2025 6

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How a growing demand for drought-tolerant, local plants is changing the landscaping industry

30.07.2025 6

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A fight over a ban on hemp in Texas is pitting Republicans against Republicans

29.07.2025 5

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This entrepreneur made billions on crypto. His next frontier is outer space

01.07.2025 5

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Innovative parks aren’t just bold urban design—they lower the temperature in cities

23.06.2025 10

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This former motel in Oregon could be the solution to the student housing crisis

18.06.2025 10

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The missing key for defense innovation? A good coworking space 

09.06.2025 5

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This startup wants to give you money to buy a house

30.05.2025 3

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An unearthed time capsule beneath the Transamerica Pyramid shows a glimpse of San Francisco’s past

15.05.2025 10

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This iconic NASA office changed climate science forever. DOGE plans to kill it

14.05.2025 6

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Austin is leading the affordable housing boom. It’s still not enough

05.05.2025 6

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Elon Musk wants Texas voters to make SpaceX its own town—but it could have dire environmental consequences

01.05.2025 10

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Everyone wants to work in a fancy building these days. WeWork got the memo

29.04.2025 7

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Shipping is a dirty business. EVs—electric vessels—could change that

15.04.2025 10

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Picking up steam: How social bathhouses became the new big wellness trend

12.04.2025 10

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This solar-powered steel mill in the Mojave Desert is a glimpse of the future

10.04.2025 10

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Trump tariffs won’t just increase the cost of cars—your insurance is going to spike, too

08.04.2025 10

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Trump is gunning for Canada—and Canadian homeowners in the U.S. want out

31.03.2025 10

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This California neighborhood will soon be certified as wildfire resistant—the first in the country to meet that standard

27.03.2025 10

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As Trump comes for scientists, Europe’s universities are hoping to snag them

19.03.2025 10

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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

18.03.2025 10

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How one of Brooklyn’s most expensive neighborhoods became home base for the creative class

08.03.2025 20

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Private equity has made housing more expensive—under Trump, it will likely get worse

07.03.2025 9

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Trump’s tariffs are about to make housing more expensive

06.03.2025 10

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Mark’s Zuckerberg’s nonprofit is funding this experiment to build cheaper backyard homes

26.02.2025 10

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Don’t say climate: how cleantech is rebranding as national security in  the Trump era

18.02.2025 7

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Why good design remains a luxury for U.S. childcare

15.02.2025 10

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Texas could be Trump’s one clean energy bright spot—as oil drillers turn to geothermal

13.02.2025 10

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How abandoned office buildings in L.A. could be transformed into $1,000 a month studio apartments

04.02.2025 7

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Priceless art was destroyed by L.A. wildfires. Experts want to protect other cities from the same fate

30.01.2025 10

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Smartphones are making people lonely. This app thinks it has the cure

23.01.2025 7

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This Houston suburb is swapping out driveways for shared front lawns

21.01.2025 9

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L.A. was already behind on its Olympics prep. The wildfires will make it so much worse

17.01.2025 10

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