Sublime

The public health challenge of poor-quality housing is not just a problem of the developing world. Exposures to unhealthy housing conditions are also common in poorly constructed and maintained housing stock in the United States and other developed countries. Exposure to lead, for example, has harmful consequences on brain development and is most l

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Apt is creating a nationwide housing development chain by standardizing its products on a building level. If it is successful, it will create thousands of housing units at affordable prices by facilitating the development of low-rise apartment buildings on lots that are currently used for single-family homes. Unlocking those lots means that eight f... See more

In 1904 a massive fire ravaged Baltimore. Engine companies sped from New York, Philadelphia, Annapolis, Wilmington, and Harrisburg to help. Yet there was little they could do, for when they arrived, they found that their hoses couldn’t connect to Baltimore’s hydrants (or, indeed, to one another’s hoses). For thirty helpless hours they watched as 1,

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