EarthScope: A Seismic Shift in Data Gathering
Two hundred years after the New Madrid quake rocked the U.S., Earthscope, a traveling scan of what lies underneath North America, reveals more about earthquakes and volcanoes.
Two hundred years after the New Madrid quake rocked the U.S., Earthscope, a traveling scan of what lies underneath North America, reveals more about earthquakes and volcanoes.
How a determined student, who was once branded ineducable, finds the help of dedicated New York City educators and mounts a path toward literacy at age 18.
Recognizing the problems of a plastic-choked ocean, the Trash Free Seas Alliance aims to rid the seas of its islands of flip-flops, soda bottles, and plastic bags.
Part training and part treatment, a new kind of sports therapy — Foundation Roots — revamps how active people look at the body's strength core.
Despite decades of official attention, women in the military face pervasive sexism and surprisingly frequent sexual assault from within the ranks, noted speakers at the recent Gender Justice conference at West Point.
Looking at the social media tsunami, academics and journalists opine on whether we should be doing a threat assessment or kissing our BlackBerries.
If the past is any guide, argues historian Neil Howe, the institution-building Millennial generation will take America to a new era of good feelings.
Conservationists find themselves at the back of line in divvying up water from one of the world's most litigated rivers.
Once written off, the Delta of the Colorado River has found a hardy band of NGOs and local governments willing to sweat to keep it wet.
With 90 percent of its water diverted for agricultural and urban use, scientists and managers have to get creative about how they go about habitat restoration on the Colorado River.
Coyote House, a living design lab, offers beauty as a way to solve design challenges.
Jatropha-fueled entrepreneur bringing biodiesel and self-reliance to both the military and the world's forgotten corners.
As Californians start looking seriously at using greywater for home irrigation, all roads — or pipes — lead to Art Ludwig.