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Bay Area voters are being asked to pay more taxes to rebuild lost wetlands
Scientists and urban planners in the San Francisco Bay Area say restoring the bay’s once abundant wetlands could be the key to preparing for sea level rise.On June 7, residents will vote on Measure AA,...
View ArticleHow much of your personal data do you give up when you use your smartphone?
Each call, post, or search from your smartphone leaves a trail of hidden digital data that you might not see, but that can be collected by organizations interested in your info.In 2013, Edward Snowden...
View ArticleInvasive species threatening New England's plant life
Garden in the Woods is one of Boston’s local treasures. It aims to recreate the diversity of the region’s different habitats, from bogs to ponds, floodplains to sand plains. Garden in the Woods is “one...
View ArticleConservatives don't hate the environment, new research suggests
Liberal and conservative disagreement on climate change and the environment reflects the hyper-partisan times we live in. But it doesn't have to be that way, new research suggests.According to...
View ArticleDid you know GPS used to be controversial? Here’s how it survived.
In the early 1970s, the idea for a satellite-based modern navigation system was controversial within the United States Air Force. Many in leadership didn’t want anything to do with the project that...
View ArticleWatch this video of tiny flying RoboBees in action
A group of Harvard scientists have a vision: to build a tiny robot that can fly, work together in groups, and even pollinate flowers like a honeybee. Meet RoboBee, whose latest feat was published in...
View ArticlePolitics and lack of teacher training are keeping climate science out of US...
A majority of Americans — about 64 percent — say they are worried about climate change, according to a recent Gallup poll. At the same time, other polling and survey data show that our public school...
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Activists from around the world describe waging non-violent campaigns
Maryam Al-Khawaja is a human rights activist from Bahrain who is the Co-Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights. She was involved in the protest movement in Bahrain in 2011, and advocates for...
View ArticleA new study examines the benefits of keeping fossil fuels 'in the ground'
Environmental activists are urging the US government to “keep it in the ground”— that is, to ban any new leases of public lands to fossil fuel companies. The industry already leases more than 67...
View ArticleSpitting image: clever fish can recognize human faces
A tropical fish can tell one human face from another despite lacking a part of the brain that animals considered much smarter use for this task, scientists said Tuesday.This unsuspected ability was...
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Guatemalan drug lords are burning forests to land planes
Drug traffickers burning down Guatemalan forest to make clandestine landing strips for planes carrying US-bound cocaine have razed an area twice the size of Manhattan this year, officials say.The...
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A tussle between Russia and Norway at an exclusive resort at the top of the...
Every year in March, a Russian cargo plane takes off for the North Pole with an impossible-sounding mission: Air drop a pair of tractor-plows, 50 tons of equipment and a landing crew on a moving chunk...
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For endangered corals, sperm-banking might be their best hope
You’ve heard of seed banks — precious vaults that keep plant genetic material frozen for posterity’s sake. But what about coral banks?For more than a decade, marine biologist Mary Hagedorn has been...
View ArticleFrance launches smartphone 'terror alert' app
France today launched a new smartphone app designed to alert users to possible terror attacks, amid growing security concerns over the Euro 2016 soccer tournament.The application, which will be free to...
View ArticleHow scientists are creating a vegan alternative that cooks like and feels...
When California-based food company Beyond Meat soft-launched its new plant-based burger at a Whole Foods in Colorado in May, it sold out in one hour. The startup says the Beyond Burger is completely...
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Never waste a good waste crisis: Beirut's trash woes give birth to recycling
Lebanon isn’t without its share of problems. No elected government. Over a million Syrian refugees. ISIS tickling the border. And a massive trash crisis.Shadia Khater may not be able to do much about...
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'Hobbits' probably barbecued mini-elephants on this Indonesian island
Want to mingle with hobbits? All you’ll need is a time machine and these coordinates: Flores Island, Indonesia, 700,000 B.C.There, you’d find 70-pound, three-foot-tall humanoids dwelling in caves. If...
View ArticleJapan gives its first element a name, and it's nihonium
It might be a surprise how much time and deliberation goes into naming elements — five more months will pass before the latest names are set in stone. For chemistry buffs across the globe, these names...
View ArticleHow we react to vocal fry in music depends on the gender of the singer
Vocal fry, a speech pattern that is characterized by a throaty, low register, has become an increasingly popular topic of conversation. That creaky sound can be heard in pop music from artists like...
View ArticleWhat science says about e-cigarettes
Battery-powered e-cigarettes have become wildly popular over the last decade, especially among teenagers and young adults. At least some of this popularity stems from their marketing as safe...
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