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  • How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing

    March 17, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Despite soaring housing costs, the city government in Paris aims to achieve mixité sociale. That essentially means it's preventing economic segregation to ensure residents from a broad cross-section of society reside in the city and own businesses there. It’s doing so by nabbing real estate to create public housing and providing real estate subsidiaries for small businesses.

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  • Fewer Illinois residents using payday lenders after state capped interest rates

    March 15, 2024 |

    Chicago Sun-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Predatory Loan Prevention Act caps loan interest rates at 36%, including all fees. Before the Act passed, rates were extremely high, including 297% for payday loans and 178% for auto-title loans. The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus pushed for the Act to pass in an effort to close the racial wealth gap and address socioeconomic disparities, as these high-interest rates historically affected minority groups.

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  • An App That Helps Riders With Vision Loss Navigate Complex Transit Systems

    March 13, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Spain, Murcia

    NaviLens developed an app that scans codes posted at bus stops and train stations to provide real-time information via audio and vibration cues for people who are blind or have low vision. The NaviLens app provides information on when the next bus or train is coming, how far a user is from the nearest elevator, and other key details to make the transportation process smoother.

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  • How Science Sleuths Track Down Bad Research

    March 13, 2024 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Software like Imagetwin and Proofig AI scan images in scientific studies to flag problematic, manipulated, and duplicated images. This is a difficult task that could take up to an hour to do manually, leading to studies passing peer review that should not have.

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  • How a Colombian City Cooled Dramatically in Just Three Years

    March 04, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    Medellín, Colombia, is combating the urban heat island effect by creating green corridors across the city. Over 2.5 million plants and trees were carefully selected to maximize impact and planted on buildings and along roads and waterways.

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  • The Smart Heart: How AI Is Sharpening Cardiovascular Medicine

    March 01, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, Minnesota

    Several hospitals are beginning to use artificial intelligence, like Chat GPT’s medical assistant Suzanne, to make cardiovascular medicine more accurate and effective. AI can detect illnesses that are hard to see with the human eye, interpret test results and make diagnoses quicker and help doctors provide more effective treatment to patients. Since AI emerged in healthcare in 2018, the FDA has approved about 700 AI and machine learning-enabled medical devices.

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  • Why a White House Plan to Fund Office-to-Housing Conversions Isn't Working Yet

    February 29, 2024 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States

    The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau allocated $35 billion in funding for development projects near public transportation that would transform underutilized offices into much-needed housing.

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  • The 15-Minute City Is Saving My Life

    February 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The 15-minute city is an urban planning concept that encourages planners to develop neighborhoods that are easily accessible within a 15-minute walk, bike or public transit ride. The 15-minute city idea promotes health and wellness by encouraging residents to walk and bike more, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and fosters a sense of community among locals.

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  • Wildlife Crossings Can Mend a Landscape

    February 21, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    The Netherlands built nearly 3,000 wildlife crossings over and under roads, railways, and waterways to reduce habitat fragmentation, allowing wildlife to roam freely without becoming roadkill.

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  • The Black Immigrant Women Who Bought a Minneapolis Mall

    February 20, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Ignite Business Women Investment Group and the nonprofit African Career, Education & Resources Inc. (ACER) are working together to raise funds to collectively acquire commercial real estate for members of the group and other small businesses — particularly those owned by African immigrants — in the community. Joint efforts allowed members to acquire and revitalize an old strip mall, providing retail space for local small business owners.

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