Tag: Summer
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
I have city kids make comic books to create a buzz...
Katherine Richardson Bruna, Iowa State University
If humans and mosquitoes had a battle at the end of the world,...
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
Stephen Schneider, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the...
Why the ‘brain-eating’ amoeba found in freshwater lakes – while rare...
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope...
What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
Stephen Schneider, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the...
Why fewer kids work the kind of summer jobs that their...
Elliot Lasson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Back in the day, most teens had some sort of job lined up for the summer. For some,...
What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
Stephen Schneider, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...
Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia
Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...
