Browsing: Environment

One of Britain’s first all-electric towns to be built with almost no reliance on fossil fuels could soon help to power the grid with renewable energy.The…

A defining memory from my senior year of high school was a nine-hour math exam with just six questions. Six of the top scorers won slots…

The pair of subtropical grapefruit trees have stood, slightly incongruously, on a street in south-west London for 40-odd years since Marline Anderson brought them over from…

Astronomers have found nearly 6,000 exoplanets orbiting other stars—but for every confirmed detection, there are countless mere hints, inconclusive observations that could just as well be…

Across the US’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playing out this summer following budget cuts by Donald Trump’s administration. Archeologists are staffing ticket…

Insects and spiders are declining in tropical forests around the world. Mysteriously, losses are underway even in areas untouched by logging, mining, or farming. In these…

Butterflies flit across my vision wherever I go this summer. Screams of swifts have been unusually audible in cities. Hedges are laden with blackberries. Hordes of…

Researchers hope they may have solved the “tunnel boom” problem as they prepare to roll out China’s latest prototype magnetic levitation train.The newest version of the…

Why the EPA’s Latest Move Could Worsen the Climate CrisisIf the EPA abdicates its responsibility to address climate change, it will harm health and the planet…

Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a vital contribution for the small surviving population of a rare lion that is extinct…