2/20/2026 6:08:23 AM Do Trees Really Explode? What Extreme Weather Is Doing to Nature By John Clark Exploding trees is funny to say, and to visualize in your mind. And it would be a great band name! And, thanks to the bitter cold due to...
2/20/2026 6:00:45 AM Three Olympic Athletes Were Just Disqualified for a Novel Reason: PFAS By Caitlin Connell For decades, elite winter athletes have used fluorinated waxes because they significantly reduce friction and improve glide through snow...
2/19/2026 6:00:07 AM Fungi mining and giant waste piles: How to get rare earths without mining rock By David Muil We often talk about the future of technology as if it depends solely on what we extract next. New mines. New discoveries. New frontiers....
2/19/2026 6:00:00 AM Why Skyscrapers And Tall Buildings Are Now Being Upcycled By Caitlin Connell The emerging trend of upcycling skyscrapers and tall buildings signals a meaningful shift in how the construction and design community...
2/18/2026 10:48:34 AM Speed Meets Sustainability at Winter Games By Derek Silva The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina is breaking barriers for more than just high scores and fast times. For the first time in...
2/18/2026 10:47:44 AM This Startup Wants To Turn America’s Nuclear Waste Into Power By Caitlin Connell The launch of Project Omega represents an exciting chapter in America’s energy innovation story. With $12 million in seed funding and...
2/17/2026 6:32:32 AM The Crisis: Rising Gold Prices Expose a Linear System at Its Limits By Andrew Browne As gold becomes more expensive, manufacturers face supply chain instability and margin erosion. But the deeper issue is structural: the...
2/17/2026 6:31:00 AM Why 2026 Could Quietly Be The Most Strategic Year Yet For Climate Tech By Caitlin Connell The climate tech sector is entering a uniquely strategic moment in 2026. After a challenging 2025 marked by slower investment and policy...
2/13/2026 10:45:40 AM When the Night Sky Shows Us Something New By Adriana Duran The image of the Milky Way captured above the Gemini South Observatory is a powerful reminder of how scientific progress often relies on...
2/13/2026 6:21:29 AM Scientists Figured Out How Much Groundwater Is Under the US and It Could Fill the Great Lakes 13 Times Over! By John Clark For the people that live in the desert and are concerned about the long term drought and lack of water, like me, this could be great...
2/10/2026 12:10:19 PM Sustainability on Your Plate: 16 Tips for Waste-Free Cooking By Kennedy Amissah Every meal we prepare is a chance to make more sustainable choices, and reducing food waste is one of the simplest places to start. A...
2/10/2026 10:19:25 AM From mining waste to sustainability goals By Adriana Duran Sustainability isn’t always about brand-new materials, sometimes it’s about rethinking what we already discard. Research into delithiated...
2/9/2026 10:52:06 AM The Western US Is in a Snow Drought. What Comes Next Is Even Scarier By John Clark This has generally been a mild winter on the west coast. Temperatures have often been above normal and the snow and rain of the season...
2/9/2026 10:44:29 AM Sustainability: It Isn’t Dead—It Just Grew Up By Adriana Duran Sustainability isn’t fading, it’s maturing. What stands out to me is how quickly the conversation has shifted from ambition to execution....
2/6/2026 6:02:10 AM How Small Gestures Shape Everyday Interactions By John Clark I have to cross several streets on my (near) daily walk with the dog. Often cars just zoom by despite seeing us clearly standing at a...
2/4/2026 10:47:25 AM Generative AI: Is It the New Major Driver of Climate Change? By Zineb Belymam Generative artificial intelligence[i], represented by tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, or DeepSeek, are rapidly becoming part of everyday...