How do you control an Asian bug that's killing American citrus? Import its...
America’s multi-billion dollar citrus industry is under attack.An invasive pest called the Asian Citrus Psyllid is turning up in lemon, orange and lime groves. The bug sometimes carries a disease known...
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Why climate activists are laughing about global warming in Indiana
About 50 people were in the audience at the IndyFringe theater near downtown Indianapolis. They were gathered to see the “Ain’t Too Late Show,” a game show, performed monthly, about the impacts of...
View ArticleDon't like the weather? Now we can change it
In the sleepy city San Angelo, Texas, farmers and local officials pool together $359,000 every year to make it rain on their skyline and across the surrounding seven counties.It amounts to about 4.4...
View ArticleHere's a glimpse inside Julian Assange's life at the Ecuadoran embassy
It’s not every day you need a passport to enter an apartment in west London.But then it’s not every day you meet a dangerous international fugitive from justice ... or a fearless freedom fighter...
View ArticleResidents of Appalachia try to give new life to old mines using a beloved...
Thick stands of tall chestnut trees, sometimes called the “Redwoods of the East,” once made up nearly a quarter of the forests in the Eastern US. Then a blight, inadvertently imported from Asia in the...
View ArticleBrazil's winning on the soccer field — and in battling climate change
At this year’s World Cup Soccer tournament, Brazil introduced a new noisemaker for the home crowds — the caxirola, an environmentally friendly shaker that evoked Brazil’s Afro-Caribbean roots....
View ArticleWith help from a flood, scientists and activists nurse a bit of the Colorado...
About 150 miles east of San Diego, Morelos Dam stops the Colorado River in its tracks right at the US-Mexico border. Here, the last stretch of the once-mighty river is diverted from its natural path...
View ArticleIf you think Twitter has changed your world, you haven't seen anything yet
There was a time when hammy, low-budget sci-fi movies flew under the radar — until they were lampooned on Mystery Science Theater 3,000. But that was before Twitter.Remember Sharknado? The campy...
View ArticleA Hollywood trick has become a medical innovation
Dr. Shaun Carpenter admits he has a slightly unusual hobby.“Some doctors golf,” says Carpenter, a wound care specialist in Louisiana. “My hobby is to make movies.”But in the process of amateur...
View ArticleOctopuses and other cephalopods are masters of optical illusion
Ten years ago, while doing a study in the Caribbean, marine biologist Roger Hanlon experienced something astonishing.He was following a particular octopus along the sea floor, about five feet from the...
View ArticleThe US government is helping farmers tackle climate change on a local level
The Jones family has beenfarming their land in Connecticut, 71 miles northeast of Times Square, since the 1850s. The Joneses are still there, in large part, because they’ve adapted with the times....
View ArticleThe story of Internet icon Aaron Swartz comes to life in a new documentary
Aaron Swartz is remembered as many things — an early partner and creator of Reddit, a self-made millionaire by the age of 19, and a hacktivist who ushered in a huge wave of opposition to the Stop...
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Technology is allowing us to watch the world's forest disappear in real time,...
Here’s a story we’ve been hearing for decades — the world’s rainforests are rapidly disappearing. “We’re continuing to lose forests at a stunning rate,” said Nigel Sizer, director of the forests...
View ArticleHow high would a carbon tax really have to be to rein in climate change?
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson published an opinion piece in the New York Times a week ago calling for a tax on carbon — and the idea of putting a price on carbon emissions is suddenly back in...
View ArticleWould you pay more money to never sit in traffic again?
If you live in Moscow, Istanbul, New York or Rio, you're part of some of the worst traffic jams in the world. But we're guessing that you hate traffic no matter where you live. So what's the fix?Except...
View ArticleWhy President Obama's strong words on climate change matter, despite his weak...
“We're not going to be able to burn it all."Ten words from Barack Obama that journalist Mark Hertsgaard says "constitute one of the most stunning statements ever made by a United States...
View ArticleWhat's killing all the sea stars?
On Orcas Island, off the coast of Washington State, thousands of sea stars cluster in the nooks and crannies of this rocky patch of coastline. But that may not be the case for much longer.After...
View ArticleThese monster jellyfish have invaded a Norwegian fjord
Its Latin name is Periphylla periphylla.It's more commonly called the Helmet jellyfish.And, it's an unwelcome resident of the Trondheimsfjord in Norway.The fjord now holds an estimated 40,000 tons of...
View ArticleAfter the robot apocalypse, what else could go wrong?
Science fiction writer Daniel H. Wilson likes to see human-robot relations go horribly wrong.In his first book, Robopocalypse, which was a New York Times best-seller — and might be made into a movie...
View ArticleThe future of agriculture may be too small to see. Think microbes
Stick a shovel in the ground and you’ll dig up some soil, maybe a few little rocks and, of course, some roots.Now — take those roots inside for a closer look and you’ll see something else as well.“When...
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