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Problem Solving Must-Read: Fighting Zika with Mosquitoes

Plus: How to build better bridges and automatic voter registration

Problem Solving Must-Read: Fighting Zika with Mosquitoes

Plus: How to build better bridges and automatic voter registration

BY Stephen St. Vincent

Mar. 16, 2016

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Here at The Citizen, we do problem-solving journalism, looking for ideas and solutions to move the region forward and make a better city. Here are some other great ideas for solving the world’s problems, from media outlets around the globe:

Brazil's Mosquito Factory Wages War On Zika And Dengue

How creating an army of millions of mosquitoes in Brazil is actually reducing the spread of Zika and Dengue

From FastCo.Exist
Related from The Philadelphia Citizen:
The Citizen Updates: Emily Kramer-Golinkoff
Emily’s Entourage founder is racing against time to cure her own rare disease

The Science of Building Better Bridges

After collapsing in 2007, the I-35W bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis was rebuilt in 11 months using accelerated bridge construction techniques pioneered by one man

From Next City

Automatic voter registration takes hold on West Coast

'There's no other fundamental right we have as citizens that requires you to register or fill out a form,' said Alex Padilla, California's Democratic secretary of state.

From Portland Press Herald
Related from The Philadelphia Citizen:
How to Vote in the PA General Election
Everything you need to know about voting in Pennsylvania before (or during) the 2021 general election on November 2

 

Header photo: FastCo.Exist

Previous entries in this series:

  • via Flickr/Eric Wustehagen
Problem Solving Must-Read: Using Math to Predict Police Misconduct
Plus: Using garbage for jet fuel and teaching aquaponics to inmates
  • Blue Collar Blues
Problem Solving Must-Read: Employing Undereducated Fathers
Plus: Personal climate control (very personal) and cops teaming up with social workers to help children of violence
Problem Solving Must-Read: Real-Life Moisture Farming
Plus: Bicycle superhighways and a basic-income guarantee

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