Environment

When MIT mechanical engineering Professor Kripa Varanasi landed in New Delhi in the middle of the night...

One of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies has implored the industry to pause development on AI, because the...

The state of New York could meet its goal of building 46 gigawatts of large-scale solar by midcentury, but not without making difficult choices in how land is used across the state.That’s the overall...

Carbon capture is an important climate change mitigation strategy, but it faces technological barriers and can be...

For decades, the United States made steady progress in reducing surface ozone pollution, the main ingredient in smog. But that progress – made as vehicles, industries and power sources became cleaner – is increasingly being...

For decades, the United States made steady progress in reducing surface ozone pollution, the main ingredient in smog. But that progress – achieved as vehicles, industries and power sources became cleaner – is increasingly being...

Bison are political animals. A federal decision to revoke grazing leases for bison on public lands on the rolling plains of eastern Montana is the latest manifestation of long-standing contention. The largest land animal in...

When Mark Thomson was 13, he read a book about the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as...

The ketogenic diet, best known as a fat-busting fad, holds promise for treating anorexia nervosa. Following the diet –...

For more than 30 years, manufacturers of ski and snowboard waxes used PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – to make skis and snowboards glide faster over snow. These synthetic chemicals were highly effective and...