With Fewer Electronics, This Is How a City Sleeps
In the age of smartphones and televisions, have Americans lost the ability to properly power down?
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Progress and Controversy Arrive With New Rules for Fracking on Public Lands
An initial review of rules issued by the Interior Department shows the federal government has taken important steps to protect drinking water resources, while not adopting the strictest regulations in place in some states.
The Strange Parallel Histories of Plant Science and Death Science
Botanists and forensic scientists developed the same theory in the late 19th century. They might have a lot to learn from each other, if they would talk to each other now.
Packing Peanuts Make Pretty Nice Battery Parts
The future of rechargeable batteries may lie in the bane of unboxing existence.
Unkind Architecture: Designing Against the Homeless
A subset of architecture is actively antagonist to the comfort of the homeless.
This Week in California’s Drought
A round-up of news and research on the Golden State's thirst for water.
Forest Fragmentation Threatens More Than Just Trees
Long-term studies on five continents show how chopping up forest hurts biodiversity.
Apple Wants the Computer to Disappear
The persistent materiality of technology keeps getting in our way.
Our Warm Embrace of Those Allergic to Peanuts
The rise in peanut allergies has inspired something rarely seen in the contentious world of food choice: cooperation.
Most Americans Don’t Mind Being on Candid Camera
The latest Pew survey shows that a majority of people actually approve of mass surveillance.