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How India's subsidized farms have created a water crisis
The Indo-Gangetic Basin, which lies at the foothills of the Himalayas, is one of the areas in the world facing a huge water crisis. The Basin spans from Pakistan, across Northern India into...
View ArticleHow groundwater is saving California farmers during drought
Steve Arthur has been in the well-drilling business for decades and says he’s never seen anything quite like what’s happening now in California’s San Joaquin Valley.“People just call and say, ‘Put me...
View ArticleOne group hopes to end poaching, WikiLeaks-style
One of the biggest obstacles to deterring poaching is a lack of reliable information. Now there's a new website aiming to help.A conservation group called the Elephant Action League has created...
View ArticleCould reading a newspaper save you from dengue fever?
Newspapers aren't in great health these days, but could reading one now keep you healthy instead?That's the hope of a recent experiment in Sri Lanka. During National Dengue Week in April, the Sri...
View ArticleWhen languages die, ecosystems often die with them
You probably know that much of the world's environment is under threat. But a new study says languages are disappearing alongside plants and animals. The study, from the World Wildlife Fund, measured...
View ArticleThe firefly's blink is everyone's favorite summer mating dance
As with most creatures in the natural world, the firefly has basically one thing on its mind. Take a guess what it is.For people who enjoy watching them on a warm summer night, the firefly in action is...
View ArticleOne of offshore wind power's best hopes is fading on Lake Erie
Offshore wind farms power more than six million homes in Europe. How many homes in America? Zero.That's despite the fact that, according to the Department of Energy, the US has offshore wind capacity...
View ArticleWhen it comes to food, there's no end to this debate. Does it go in the...
Certain foods really just taste better when they're at room temperature. Of course, that perfect flavor may come with a decidedly unwanted side: salmonella, or another food-borne disease.So, for many...
View ArticleA new study found people are terrible at sitting alone with their thoughts....
In 1654, scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote: “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” Now, there's some science behind that statement.A recent...
View ArticleAn island in Chesapeake Bay is disappearing — and so is a British dialect and...
Tangier Island, a little known speck of land in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay, is slowly disappearing under the water.Residents argue over whether the sea is rising or the island is sinking, but one thing...
View ArticleEx-employees claim a major US freight railroad company has ignored key safety...
One of the largest freight railroad companies in North America, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway, is accused of forcing workers to skip critical safety checks and firing employees who blow...
View ArticleAustralia and the UK roll back their environmental successes — big and small
After a couple of welcome environmental developments, the governments of Australia and the United Kingdom now look set to roll them back.In Australia, the ruling Liberal Party — actually a center-right...
View ArticleIs today your lucky day? Probably not
The human brain is really bad at understanding randomness. It's even worse at creating it.For example: in a game of Rock Paper Scissors, a man will almost always throw out a rock as his first play. And...
View Article'Super ants' are on a potentially deadly march in England
A headline from a British tabloid on Thursday read "Super ants are on the march across southern England". But everyone remain calm. There's no reason to panic ... or is there?These ants are "super"...
View ArticleWas T. Rex actually pink and covered in feathers?
Imagine you're walking through the jungle, back in the age of the dinosaurs. You come to a clearing and you see your favorite — a tyrannosaurus or a triceratops or whatever — and, wait a minute. It's...
View ArticleA geological mystery draws tourists to the Appalachians
At this time of year, many people head for the shore or the mountains to escape the city heat. But there’s a special spot in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania that’s as cold now as it is in...
View ArticleHere are four ways your cell phone can help you on your next camping trip....
Let’s face it: when most people say they want to get away and unplug, they rarely do it.Even when out in the wilderness, the lure of email, Facebook, Twitter and other Internet addictions is simply too...
View ArticleHow a California man is using 3-D printers to bring prosthetic limbs to...
Not Impossible Lab's Mick Ebeling is up to his neck right now in Project Daniel — an innovative, award-winning initiative that's using 3D printers to provide prosthetic limbs to amputees in war-torn...
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Brazil is set to become the world's biggest soy producer — and that might be...
In the soy bean world, all eyes are now on the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.It’s covered by millions of acres of industrial farms and deep green soy fields. If this year’s harvest — the best in...
View ArticleFirst the World Cup, now an aquarium? Some Brazilians say a new US-backed...
Hey, US taxpayers: Want to hear what your money is buying in northeastern Brazil?"It's sort of this metallic structure and it has these leg stands jutting out from the sides." says Elizabeth Duffield,...
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