Mercer Consulting's annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top. The best place in the U.S.? Honolulu at No. 28. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Presented by Forbes, this study done by Mercer Human Resource Consulting who have ranked 215 cities worldwide based on levels of air pollution, waste management, water potability, hospital services, medical supplies and the presence of infectious disease.
And the winner is... picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Roads and buildings should be painted white in order to tackle global warming, according to a scientist.

Hashem Akbari believes that whitening 100 of the world's largest cities could wipe out the effect of the expected increase in emissions over the next decade. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

American forces must leave Iraqi cities by June 30th per agreements made with Iraq. Problem is the US military feels they are still needed so in order not to be in violation, they simply redraw the city borders!? picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Some cities have been shortening yellow lights to nab drivers with a ticket. But studies show that they're raking in the bucks at the expense of public safety. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago

Seattle is the most sustainable big city in the nation, according to a list compiled by Smarter Cities, an NRDC project that looks at the progress American cities are making toward going green. Not surprisingly, San Francisco and Portland are the runners-up. picked by evadiva 8 months ago

Some cities are hitting the bottle hard. Find out from Men's Health magazine if yours is one of them. picked by karenben 2 years ago

Some places in the world are just like heaven, some like hell; almost literally. Human activity can sometimes have devastating effects not on just the environment, but sometimes on the population too. Here’s a list of five of the most polluted cities in the world, in no specific order. picked by mareacaspica 2 years ago

Men's Fitness's annual survey reveals the cities that embrace a healthy lifestyle and exposes the ones that, well, need more salad bars. picked by JoshSF49 2 years ago

It may look like an intriguing star constellation far away in space, but these lights are actually far closer to home. These images shows cities at night as viewed by the International Space Station. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Reader's Digest left 30 new cell phones in public places in 32 cities around the globe. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Hong Kong had the worst performance with only 13 of the 30 phones returned. The best performance in the unscientific test was turned in by residents of Ljubljana, Slovania who gave back 29 of the 30 phones. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

To determine the cities with the toughest commutes, we took the country's 75 largest metro areas and looked at congestion data from the Texas Transportation Institute to see how long travelers were delayed over the course of a year. picked by karenben 2 years ago

Lost Cities were real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost. Most lost cities are found, and have been studied extensively by scientists. Here's our list of the 10 most amazing lost cities in the world. picked by maxriter 3 years ago

For those who say it can't be done, and for the rest of us, there's hope. Here are 5 cities working, as we speak, to make the human carbon footprint smaller by the day. Cities are listed at the top: simply follow the link for the rest of the article. picked by palmieres 1 year ago

As we've done for more than a decade, we collected and analyzed reams of data on the 50 most populated areas in the nation in an effort to determine just which cities take fitness the most seriously. Here are the 25 that landed on this year's list of the Fattest Cities in America. picked by KingGolathE 1 year ago

Research by the organization Birthdays Without Pressure found parents in such major cities, including Washington and San Diego, succumb the most easily to increasing pressure to throw excessive parties for their children's birthdays picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Well, the collection wasn't really lost but any fan of archeology will appreciate this site. Lots of photo essays on various ancient cities known and unknown. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Beautiful pictures from many ancient cities around the world. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago

A survey was taken around the world and the results were determined by: 1) Quality of women, 2) Amount of Women per men ratio and 3) Ease of talking to women. picked by orbitalorbz 3 years ago

Brianna Fahey lives in a city the survey says an overwhelming majority of Americans would prefer not to live in: Cincinnati. Like many other large Midwestern and Northeastern cities, Cincinnati ranks near the bottom on people's lists of ideal spots. picked by DerAlt 1 year ago