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Building the city of the future: Here are some article collections on sustainable cities

Frontiers

Cities are where many of us spend the majority of their time: to work, play, and live. To explore how this might be done sustainably in the future, we are highlighting the top Research Topics on sustainable cities. Join us by reading up on the incredible findings and solutions made by researchers from across the globe.

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Heat wave: article collections on the global impact of rising temperatures

Frontiers

As the temperature rises this summer, we have gathered our top article collections on how heat affects us and the planet. With collective views of over 1 million, researchers were fired up by topics spanning from plant heat stress and weather extremes in the urban environment to marine heatwaves and human heat acclimation.

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Trash talk: article collections on where our waste ends up

Frontiers

We have gathered our top article collections on waste management. million, researchers explored topics spanning from the behavioral analysis of using plastic bags and how to recycle building materials to technologies that filter out litter in the ocean and mapping where restaurant trash goes. Article collections: Food waste.

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How do we stop ‘robot evolution’ from spiraling out of control? 2 essential articles on the future of robotics and AI

Frontiers

Now, Frontiers highlights just some of the latest top articles in this fascinating field. Whether it’s wheeled robots whizzing around city-sized warehouses, or if it’s just a smart assistant in your phone, robotics and AI has quickly become integral technologies in our lives. Another topic you might mention is evolutionary robotics.

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Cutting the carbon footprint of supercomputing in scientific research

Physics World

But these machines can be notorious energy guzzlers, with the largest supercomputers consuming as much power as a small city. Find out more on this topic in the article ‘ The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing ’, originally published in the March issue of Physics World.

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6 Ways STEM Educators Can Enhance Student Engagement in Our Democracy

Union of Concerned Scientists

Resources such as HHMI’s Biointeractive website provide many science news examples and guides for evaluating articles. Also, the Journal of Science Policy and Governance is open access and contains many volumes worth of science policy relevant articles. Scientists have held US political office from national to local levels.

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What power does the state have over land-use regulation in California?

Legal Planet

The lawsuit is a challenge by a pro-housing advocacy group (California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CARLA)) to a decision by the City of San Mateo to reject a multi-family housing project. Municipal affairs is a concept that, as developed by the California courts, excludes matters of “statewide concern.”.