Articles by Christopher Mims
Christopher Mims's dystopian non-fiction is sought after by an ever-growing roster of publications.
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Austin gets a super swank zero-energy suburb
How do you build a (nearly) net-zero-energy suburb in 2008, at the nadir of the economic crash, when no bank in the country is convinced you’ll be able to sell […]
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Why we should all be drinking toilet water
If you live downstream from another city, you're probably already drinking treated wastewater -- and engineers want you to drink even more of it.
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Russians could not be more psyched about ice-free Arctic
The former empire is hoping to bring back its glory days by reviving a Soviet-era shipping route along its Arctic coast.
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Maine to create car-free town with ‘really narrow streets’
Residents of the yet-to-be-built town of Piscataquis Village, Maine will keep cars from overrunning their town by making their streets too narrow to shove any but the cutest vehicles down them, reports Market Urbanism.
