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Microplastics are settling into Pennsylvania’s rivers and marshes. Philippe Gerber/Moment Collection via Getty Images

Environment

Microplastics are everywhere in Pennsylvania’s water – but the tide may...

Staff Writer - June 16, 2026

Nathaniel Warner, Penn State; Lisa Emili, Penn State, and Raymond Najjar, Penn State Researchers have long known that plastic...

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An Amazon data center sits next to a neighborhood in northern Virginia. Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Business

5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country...

Staff Writer - June 8, 2026

Neha Gour, George Mason University; Ed Maibach, George Mason University, and Luis Ortiz, George Mason University Every internet search,...

Large-scale solar power plants are key elements of energy policies in New York and other states. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Building more renewable energy sources means rethinking land use for agriculture...

June 5, 2026

Sophrosyne is a constellation of characteristics that includes moderation, reflectiveness and self-knowledge. PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in...

June 5, 2026

Workers prepare to burn imported plastic waste at a dump in East Java, Indonesia, in 2018. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas – and...

June 3, 2026

The Democratic Republic of Congo is scaling up health operations to contain the Ebola epidemic. Michel Lunanga/Getty Images

What’s wrong with how US and Uganda plan to stop Ebola spreading

May 30, 2026