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Beyond the NFL: A new plan to treat brain injuries for women escaping abuse
Kerri Walker has been in two relationships involving domestic violence. Like many survivors, she was hit repeatedly. She was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and even suffered an aneurysm. “So...
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India's 'Silicon Valley,' Bangalore is fast becoming a serious global player
Ask natives of Asia’s two giants, China and India, what they think of the other, and not infrequently, the jokes and stereotypes fly. At least some people in each country seem to enjoy secretly — or...
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Wildfires like Alberta’s are fueled by climate change
The giant wildfire in Alberta, Canada, rages on.All 88,000 residents of the remote town of Fort McMurray have evacuated, many of them driving along a wall of fire to do so."Coming out of Fort...
View ArticleViolence, death threats confront latest winner of prestigious environmental...
Máxima Acuña fought a proposed gold mine on her farm. For that, she went to jail, had her house knocked down, her potato crop destroyed and faces death threats. But her bravery and determination have...
View ArticleHow a new type of foam might be able to stop bullets and radiation
What would Styrofoam be like if it were made out of steel? Afsaneh Rabiei at North Carolina State University has been working for years to develop and perfect metal foams, the product of a...
View ArticleA Baltimore student led a drive against an incinerator in her neighborhood....
Curtis Bay is a small community outside of Baltimore with a long history of poverty and pollution. Now it is home to something else: North America's winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, Destiny...
View ArticleAt Harvard Law, a highly visible push to divest from fossil fuels
One of the most visible student movements pushing universities to divest in fossil fuels has emerged from a somewhat unlikely place: Harvard Law School.A law degree from Harvard is generally a ticket...
View ArticleBehold: Tiny Mercury’s thrilling journey between the Earth and the sun!
Space: It’s way more exciting than whatever else you’ve got going on today.Don’t look now — seriously, don't, you’ll damage your eyes — but the smallest planet in our solar system just did something it...
View ArticleWhy nature is an engineer’s best inspiration
Have you ever flown on a plane? Or used Velcro to hold two things together? If so, you’ve benefitted from biomimicry, an approach to solving human problems through nature-inspired innovations.The...
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The world's new lightning capital sees more than 100,000 flashes a year
You know the old saying about how lightning never strikes in the same place twice? Try telling that to the people who live around Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo.In one year, there are more than 100,000...
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The already troubled British red squirrel has a new problem – leprosy
Red squirrels in the UK are having a pretty hard time at the moment.Their numbers have been declining for years and they have been driven out of many British forests by rival American gray squirrels....
View ArticleThis global warming GIF shows how hot Earth has gotten over the past 165 years
The year 2016 is on pace to be the warmest in recorded history. If trends hold, it will be hotter than the current record-holder, 2015, which took the crown from 2014. You get the picture. Our planet...
View ArticleHow new technology may make unlocking your phone as easy as thinking
Our phones hold so much of our personal digital data, so keeping our phones secure is one of the most important personal security measures out there.How can we build a better password? Smartphones now...
View ArticleAre we smart enough to really understand how smart animals are?
Is a human smarter than an octopus? “It’s really the wrong question to ask,” says primatologist Frans de Waal. “Because I’m smarter than an octopus in things I’m good at, like language and technology....
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Why Mexico City's bad air can't be ignored — or easily fixed
On a bad day, you cannot see forever in Mexico City.That's how it has been lately, ever since the city government rang the alarm bells over its air pollution, as it surpassed the recommended ozone...
View ArticleIn India, access to toilets remains a huge problem — worst of all for women...
It’s a very personal issue for every Indian girl and woman — access to toilets.Some 70 percent of households in India don’t have access to toilets, whether in rural areas or urban slums. Roughly 60...
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Here's where to find some of the cleanest air in the world
More than 80 percent of the Earth's urban residents are breathing unhealthy air. They're living in cities with lots of cars, trucks and fossil fuel-burning power plants. Think Peshawar in Pakistan, the...
View ArticleHow ISIS recruits online — using encryption, chat rooms and even dating sites
When Sheera Frenkel started observing ISIS online, she was surprised by how ordinary the conversations were. “They use a lot of emojis,” Frenkel says. “A lot of these channels are just a bunch of dudes...
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A Puerto Rican scientist defends an ecological gem and wins a Goldman...
Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, an environmental scientist from Puerto Rico, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for the Islands and Island Nations for his work protecting a strip of...
View ArticleHow worried should we be about bleached coral reefs?
When the watery home of coral gets too warm, the coral expel the microorganisms that live inside and turn white.These bleached coral aren't dead, but their growth slows tremendously, and they can cease...
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