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As China gets tough on recycling, will America get cleaner?
In recent years, the model for US recycling has been to send it overseas to China. China gets a raw material worth money; the US gets rid of its rubbish. But since the start of this year, China has...
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A tech startup called OMG wants to revolutionize cash for hundreds of...
In their plucky startup days, Facebook and Google oozed adolescent optimism. Facebook offered to stitch the Earth’s scattered societies into one giant community. Google, vowing to “do no evil,” offered...
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US health care companies begin exploring blockchain technologies
The sprawling US health care industry has trouble managing patient information: Every doctor, medical office, hospital, pharmacy, therapist and insurance company needs different pieces of data to...
View ArticleNew report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding...
When it comes to the sea level rise caused by global warming, there appears to be a misnomer floating around the collective conscience of most Americans, says Gregory Dusek.“I think a lot of people...
View ArticleScientists detected a spike in ozone-depleting chemicals. They'll use the...
Something was not making sense.The Montreal Protocol had been in effect for more than 30 years to rid the planet of products that emit chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons — or CFCs, as most people...
View ArticleNew carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol...
Partisan unity is a rare sight in Washington, DC, these days.Yet a bipartisan coalition of congressional members has begun to pledge its solidarity to a political effort that could address one of the...
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Here's how many times you actually need to reuse your shopping bags
The plastic bag ban by the major supermarkets (and Coles’ pivot away from its ban after backlash, then pivot back to the ban after a backlash to the backlash) has left plenty of people scratching their...
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Con ‘zonas de refugio’, pescadores de Baja California restauran el ecosistema...
Read this story in English: With no-fishing zones, Mexican fishermen restored the marine ecosystemParece inverosímil que el océano pudiera quedarse sin peces. Sin embargo, si le preguntas a Jesús...
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Before coal disappears from Germany, more villages will
Norbert Winzen is a 53-year-old nutrition expert. He is gentle and self-effacing and does not think of himself as an activist. Yet it’s a role that he finds himself in. Winzen has become the face of...
View ArticlePortugal uses abundant water to lure investors to the 'new California'
As wildfires scorched California yet again this summer, Jose Dariush Leal da Costa, a Bay Area native with Portuguese roots, was harvesting his first almonds in a sun-drenched, watery oasis in southern...
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The surprising role cheese played in human evolution
A solid white mass found in a broken jar in an Ancient Egyptian tomb has turned out to be the world’s oldest example of solid cheese.Probably made mostly from sheep or goats milk, the cheese was found...
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In Puerto Rico's coffee country, 'We have to motivate the farmers to come to...
There’s a dimly lit convenience store in the mountains of western Puerto Rico where an 82-year-old man sits behind the counter ringing up snacks and sodas.Luis Ruiz, who has watery blue eyes and a...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmakers pass a strict 'net neutrality' bill
California lawmakers sent to the governor's desk for final approval strict "net neutrality" laws on internet providers that would defy sweeping Federal Communications Commission rules seen as a boon...
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What makes some species more likely to go extinct?
Though they say “‘tis impossible to be sure of anything but death and taxes,” a bit of financial chicanery may get you out of paying the taxman. But no amount of trickery will stop the inevitability of...
View ArticleCan a controversial in-vitro fertilization process save the northern white...
On March 19, 2018, wildlife conservationists mourned the death of a 45-year-old northern white rhinoceros named Sudan, one of the last three remaining northern white rhinos on earth, and the only...
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Earthquakes from underground water injection can occur many miles away
Earthquakes in the central and eastern United States have increased dramatically in the last decade as a result of human activities. Enhanced oil recovery techniques, including dewatering and hydraulic...
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Japan begins clean-up after typhoon kills 11 along with a major airport closed
Typhoon Jebi was briefly a super typhoon and was the most powerful storm to hit Japan in 25 years. The typhoon killed 11 people, injured hundreds and stranded thousands at a flooded airportIt came...
View ArticleRussia says International Space Station damage might be sabotage
Russia's space agency said on Wednesday it hopes to announce the origin of a small hole found on a Russian module docked at the International Space Station in the coming weeks, including addressing...
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Researchers explore a pesticide link to asthma in farmworkers' children
It’s 5 a.m. and light is just beginning to show behind the brown desert hills that surround the Yakima Valley. Patricia and Javier just arrived to work at Sonrise Orchards. They’re placing their...
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Detecting 'deepfake' videos in the blink of an eye
A new form of misinformation is poised to spread through online communities as the 2018 midterm election campaigns heat up. Called “deepfakes” after the pseudonymous online account that popularized the...
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