Many socks, towels and other textiles are treated with silver nanoparticles to kill germs and odors. When the silver washes…
Gentrification is not the only path for improving urban neighborhoods. A cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens offers another,…
Governments and private companies have been seeding clouds to create snow for decades, without proof that it actually works.…
Even in cities with good public transportation, some areas can be 'transit deserts,' where demand exceeds supply.…
Not all earthquakes are made equal. A new study on the 2017 quake that killed 300 in Mexico City finds that both its location…
No todos los sismos nacen igual. Un nuevo estudio demuestra que el sismo que mato a 300 personas en la Ciudad de Mexico…
Sea snakes spend their lives in the water, giving birth to live young at sea, so why are they only found in some of the…
Many critics say that fish farms mainly sell their output to wealthy countries and don't provide much benefit to poor…
An ambitious plan to cut the flow of nutrients into the Chesapeake Bay has produced historic regrowth of underwater seagrasses.…
During the Cold War, the US built nuclear weapons at a network of secretive sites across the nation. Some are still heavily…
Venus flytrap plants have 'traps' that snap shut on insect prey. But they also rely on insects for pollination.…
Thousands of dirt roads crisscross the Brazilian Amazon, serving ranchers, loggers and miners. The area's fragile waterways…
Much like the printing press upset the social order centuries ago, the explosion of information online is challenging the…
Most Americans don't want incinerators in their neighborhoods, so waste management companies are burning trash in other…
Despite all their anti-tax sentiments, Republicans from Hoover to Trump have embraced this levy on sales at the pump.
Where do plague bacteria go between outbreaks? New research demonstrates that they can survive and replicate inside amoebae…
The Trump administration's push for 'energy dominance' could spur a new wave of domestic uranium production.…
Nuclear power provides 60 percent of US carbon-free electricity generation, but existing plants are aging and only one is…
They don't all support the same strategies for coping with it, but US mayors increasingly see climate change as a pressing…
A recent study found the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease ever recorded among coal miners in central Appalachia.…