A construction zone in downtown Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser)In his “State of the City” address on Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said the word “downtown” more than 30 times and dedicated a quarter of his annual speech to revitalizing the city’s core. “We...
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Science fiction focuses on the far future of terraforming, with a tie-in to today’s cities

An artist’s conception shows a city taking shape on Mars. (SpaceX Illustration)Billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dream of making Mars more like Earth, or seeing millions of people living and working in space — but could such dreams ever be turned into reality? In a new novel...
Shravan Kumar Alavilli Contributor Share on Twitter Shravan Kumar Alavilli is the director of Client Success at Gramener. If human societies do nothing, in just a few decades, the planet could warm to levels it hasn’t reached in at least...
Shravan Kumar Alavilli Contributor Share on Twitter Shravan Kumar Alavilli is the director of Client Success at Gramener. If human societies do nothing, in just a few decades, the planet could warm to levels it hasn’t reached in at least...
Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days

Abodu, one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the state’s housing shortage, has instituted a new “Quickship” program that can take an order from contract to construction and installation in about thirty...