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Height, style of 'McMansions' are what turn off neighbors

Height, style of 'McMansions' are what turn off neighbors

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study provides a first glimpse of exactly what people find offensive about super-sized houses which have sprouted up in neighborhoods around the country.





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'New thinking' needed for changing terrorist threat

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 15, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A groundbreaking two-year investigation into how crowded public places can best deal with the changing nature of the terrorist threat is announced today.


Map reading for dummies

Map reading for dummies

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A huge European project into car and road safety has developed a system that will read satellite navigation maps and warn the driver of upcoming hazards – sharp bends, dips and accident black spots – which ...


Geographer designs computer model to predict crowd behavior

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 21, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Patterns of human behavior and movement in crowded cities – the tipping point at which agitated crowds become anti-social mobs, the configuration of civic areas as defensible spaces that also promote free speech, the design ...



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