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A monstrous plan to build major motorways through some of London’s greatest neighborhoods fell apart.

Polyester went from being the world’s most hated fabrics to one of its favorites.

Some think of advances in science and technology through the metaphor of low-hanging fruit: we “picked” the easy ones, and the rest will be very difficult.

Duels can be brutal and even lethal.

Ireland’s housing bubble and bust has become emblematic of what not to do in housing debates around the world.

Pregnancy can be arduous, painful and for some women impossible.

The height of skyscrapers is limited by physical, economic and regulatory barriers, but we should want to overcome them and build taller.

Society has free-ridden on women for millennia, benefiting from the children they’ve had while bearing few of the costs.