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Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

“Standard construction can be slow, costly, and inefficient. Machines might do it better.”

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House of Cards

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 4, 2022October 19, 2022

An interactive visual investigation detailing how decades of problems led to the collapse of a condominium tower in Surfside, Florida.

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Love and the Burning West

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“She nearly died while fighting a fire. All she could think about was the tragedy of dying while still a virgin.”

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Who Killed Tulum?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 21, 2019October 19, 2022

From unceasing development to contaminated cenotes, the problems continue to pile up in the Mayan paradise formerly known as Tulum.

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