Ancient cities had toxic pollution, too
Lake Amatitlán is so green that it glows. “It looks like paint,” says Matthew Waters, a paleoecologist at the University of Auburn. Industrial pollution and …
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Biden’s infrastructure act bets big on 3 types of ‘green’ energy tech
This week President Joe Biden signed into law a massive $1 trillion infrastructure bill, called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which puts billions of …
How to make Thanksgiving COVID-safe with boosters and rapid tests
For many families, this will be the first Thanksgiving they’ve been able to celebrate together in two years. Booster shots and vaccines for kids five …
Which COVID-19 booster should I get?
Late last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved COVID-19 booster shots for anyone over the age of 18. That decision capped off …
This historic Brooklyn cemetery shows us a future without lawns
Horticulturists, like theater directors, work behind the scenes. They don’t sign up to get booed. But during the summer of 2019 at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, …
See 24,000 years of climate history at a glance
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Earth hasn’t been this hot in a very long time, and, unfortunately, is on track to get hotter. …
A $17 billion Samsung chip factory could be coming to Texas
Update: The news is official. (This post was originally published on Nov. 23, 2021.) Multiple outlets are reporting that Samsung is planning to open a …
These ‘experts’ once said women couldn’t play football. Boy were they wrong.
This article has been excerpted from Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League by Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo. …
The infrastructure package boosts an unsung hero of rural transportation: ferries
The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act President Biden signed into law on Monday included more than $1.6 billion for a form of transportation …
What’s sweeter than honey to these bees? Rotting meat.
Bees are essentially vegetarian wasps. Around a hundred million years ago, we know, the common ancestor of all modern bees was a hunter. But over …