Boozy birds in the Canadian Yukon can end up in the drunk tank
The Canadian city of Whitehorse has a message for its birds: Don't drink and fly.Whitehorse is the capital of Candada's Yukon territory, where the local environmental agency is warning that Bohemian...
View ArticleCan Hemingway help break down the barriers between the US and Cuba?
Ernest Hemingway called "The Old Man and The Sea," his simple tale of a Cuban fisherman's battle with a giant marlin, "the best I can write ever for all of my life." But that story would be much more...
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Kickstarter is going to the Moon in a new crowdfunded space mission
There's a new mission to the moon that's just getting off the ground in Britain, but it has a twist: You pay for it.The British scientists behind the venture, called Lunar Mission One, want to raise a...
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How to build a dinosaur
The Brachiosaurus lowers its long neck, creased with wrinkles, and briefly surveys the human crowd staring back at it.“That thing looks so realistic,” says a young voice from the audience. The dinosaur...
View ArticleThe northeastern US isn't quite a winter 'wonderland' for refugees from...
It’s hard enough to resettle in a new country as a refugee, but imagine moving from a warm climate to the frigid northeastern United States.That happens to people from places like like Sudan, the...
View ArticleFor animals, and humans, having bigger weapons can keep you from having to...
To hear Doug Emlen describe the evolution of the weaponry and behavior of the dung beetle is alternately fascinating and uncomfortably familiar.Emlen is the author of the new book, Animal Weapons: The...
View ArticleA new book documents China’s exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources
From damming powerful rivers to tearing up savanna for mining to expelling Tibetan nomads from their ancestral lands, China is exploiting the natural resources of Tibet on an epic scale, a new book...
View ArticleA Rockefeller uses his oil legacy to help save the oceans
If 10 percent of the registered vehicles in the US drove just one mile less per day, it would eliminate 22 million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere — which is about the same amount the world’s oceans...
View ArticleWhat the GOP Congress might mean for climate change
In the aftermath of the Republican takeover of Congress, several events bear watching, especially as eyes turn toward 2016 and the presidential and senatorial races.To start off, there is the elevation...
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An MIT project crowdsources local solutions in the fight against climate change
When people talk about ways to turn back climate change, many think about grand solutions like geoengineering and carbon capture. Others, like Stephen Osero, talk about ideas that are a bit...
View ArticleThere may be languages lurking in your unconscious mind
How much do the experiences you have as a baby shape your mind? A Canadian researcher devised a clever experiment to tease out the answer, using Canadian children who had been adopted from China.These...
View ArticleHarvard students increase the pressure on their administration to divest from...
Students at Harvard, frustrated by the university’s refusal to divest its endowment from fossil fuels, are taking the Harvard University Corporation to court.The complaint charges “mismanagement of...
View ArticleWe finally know why these mysterious 'Tjipetir blocks' are washing up on...
Beach visitors for years have wondered why rubber-like slabs, imprinted with the word "Tjipetir," were washing up on beaches throughout northern Europe.But recently, the history of these blocks was...
View ArticleA new study suggests the HIV virus may be getting weaker
Ebola has dominated recent headlines from Africa, but it wasn't long ago that AIDS was getting most of the attention. Now there's a bit of good news about that older disease: A group of scientists have...
View ArticleThis Brazilian city is an example of how small changes can make a world of...
Curitiba, the eighth largest metropolis in Brazil and the capital of the state of Paraná, has been called the “best-planned city in the world.” Much of the credit goes to Jaime Lerner, a charismatic...
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The 'Texas miracle' is fueling huge economic growth — and the climate change...
There’s not much beautiful about the Houston Ship Channel, but it's awe-inspiring in its own way: It’s the largest international port in the US and one of the busiest in the world.The port is 52 miles...
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Is that a US Navy ship or a Star Destroyer?
It's time to stop obsessing over that lightsaber in the new Star Wars trailer: The US Navy is here with a giant laser that puts any Jedi to shame.The Navy released pictures of its new Laser Weapon...
View ArticleThe US-China climate pact is driving progress toward a wider deal
Representatives from nearly 200 nations are in Lima, Peru, for UN-sponsored climate change talks, but much of the focus is on China and the United States.President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi...
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One small step from Earth, one giant leap to Mars?
American leaders since Richard Nixon have been pledging to send humans to Mars. Now that long-delayed promise has finally taken a small step towards reality.NASA successfully launched the Orion...
View ArticleIt's not just the bikes — green rooftops help make Copenhagen the world's...
The roof of the new Danish National Archive, near Copenhagen’s inner harbor, is about the size of a football field — but it looks for all the world like a meadow.There are vetch, thyme, thrift and...
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