Many people with moderate to severe chronic pain find it difficult to move around. By contrast, HIV-positive people who had chronic pain are still active.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
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Are terrorist attacks also an implicit design critique of our urban landscape? An architect and urban designer suggests we can fight terrorism by not building obvious targets.
U.S. Coast Guard personnel rescue stranded residents in Baton Rouge on August 14, 2016.
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Recent floods in southeast Louisiana were the most severe U.S. natural disaster since 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. Suburban sprawl and slow execution of flood control projects worsened the damage.
A 2009 flood, worsened by a high tide, in Miami.
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Not everyone will be celebrating this results day, so here’s a few words of advice for both students and parents, to help put things into perspective.
Dutch gymnast Epke Zonderland face-planted into the mat during the final of the men’s horizontal bar at the Rio Olympics – then got up and performed beautifully.
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Some Olympic moments are a timely reminder of the human capacity to bounce back in the face of challenge or failure. But why do some people wilt, while others seem to do over or go again?
FEMA photograph by John Fleck taken in Mississippi.
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T. Reed Miller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In response to disasters like Superstorm Sandy, engineers are developing new building codes and tools to calculate the value of upgrades. National policy should encourage builders to use these tools.
It’s what we do with our painful experiences that matters.
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Many African cities are sites of rapid urbanisation. To ensure that such societies are water resilient, it is necessary to address formal and informal forms of development.
Key discussion points are captured during one of the forums that helped develop the Resilient Melbourne Strategy.
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As Atlantic hurricane season opens on June 1, eastern U.S. cities can prepare by updating laws, codes and ordinances that hamper rebuilding after storms.
Many students are in the process of deciding whether to take a gap year – a year between high school and starting college. What does evidence tell us about taking a gap year?
Bending, rather than breaking under pressure.
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Hundreds of cities worldwide have pledged to act against climate change. New York City’s experience rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy offers useful lessons about making urban areas more resilient.
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and African Climate and Development Initiative Research Chair, University of Cape Town