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An artisanal miner holds a cobalt stone at a mine near Kolwezi, Congo, in 2022. About 20,000 people work there among toxic materials. Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images

Entrepreneurship

The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health of world’s poor

Staff Writer - April 28, 2026

Slack’s embrace of a ‘fail fast’ approach helped it become the world’s dominant intra-office messaging app. AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato

Entrepreneurship

Perseverance doesn’t always pay off for companies – sometimes it’s better to ‘fail fast’

The plan for a new Rays stadium looks promising. But will it deliver for Tampa taxpayers? Tampa Bay Rays

Entrepreneurship

Sorry, Tampa Bay, mixed‑use districts don’t reverse the dismal economics of sports venues

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Entrepreneurship

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

Hampshire College’s campus entrance on April 16, 2026, a few days after the school announced it is closing. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Entrepreneurship

Hampshire College’s demise is yet another blow to creative, outside‑the‑box options in higher education

Some compounds in waste produced in the brewing process could be repurposed for antibacterial drugs. Iuri Gagarin/iStock via Getty Images

Entrepreneurship

Brewery waste can be repurposed to make nanoparticles that can fight bacteria

Staff Writer - November 6, 2025

It may be possible to be too fit. Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Images

Entrepreneurship

The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers,...

Staff Writer - November 5, 2025

Developers of Wendy’s Village, an affordable housing complex planned for teachers in Colorado Springs, Colo., completed their first homes in July 2025. WeFortify

Entrepreneurship

America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these...

Staff Writer - November 4, 2025

About 2.4 million Americans are artists, or 1% of the workforce. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Entrepreneurship

It’s always been hard to make it as an artist in...

Staff Writer - October 31, 2025

A scene on the Erie Canal painted in 1842, two decades after the canal opened. Bettmann/Getty Images

Entrepreneurship

Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed...

Staff Writer - October 15, 2025

Prof. Jie Huang stands with the MOF-based breathalyzer his lab developed with support from the NIH. Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T

Entrepreneurship

Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2025

The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

Entrepreneurship

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

Staff Writer - September 29, 2025

The International Space Station will be brought down in 2030. NASA via AP

Entrepreneurship

NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030...

Staff Writer - September 24, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

Seagrass has made an unexpected return to Mosquito Lagoon. Captain William B. Wolfson, Grassroots Guide Service, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Environment

Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

Staff Writer - April 22, 2026

Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, Southwestern University and Hannah V. Herrero, University of Tennessee Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem...

A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Patrick Piel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...

April 22, 2026

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

April 21, 2026

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...

April 20, 2026

Cannabis plants are seen at Harborside Oakland Dispensary on Aug. 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support

April 18, 2026