Tag: energy
Fireflies need dark nights for their summer light shows – here’s...
Avalon C.S. Owens, Tufts University and Sara Lewis, Tufts University
Before humans invented fire, the only things that lit...
How much energy can people create at one time without losing...
Xuejian Wu, Rutgers University - Newark
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
How to improve public health, the environment and racial equity all...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University
During a presidential election debate on Oct. 22, 2020, former President Donald Trump railed against...
What’s really driving coal power’s demise?
David Drake, University of Colorado Boulder and Jeffrey York, University of Colorado Boulder
The Research Brief is a short...
Living with natural gas pipelines: Appalachian landowners describe fear, anxiety and...
Erin Brock Carlson, West Virginia University and Martina Angela Caretta, Lund University
More than 2 million miles of natural...
Whether slow or fast, here’s how your metabolism influences how many...
Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Mississippi State University
It’s a common dieter’s lament: “Ugh, my metabolism is so slow, I’m never going to lose any weight.”
When people talk...
Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen’s carbon footprint
Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to...
Biden’s ambitious energy plan faces headwinds, but can move the US...
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
President-elect Joe Biden calls climate change an existential threat to America’s environment, health, national security and economy, and has...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
