4 unexpected places where adults can learn science
Want to observe native bees? Or seek out invasive species? There are many ways to get hands-on science learning. An expert on adult STEM education suggests four places to start.
Nov. 9, 2021 • ~7 min
Biden restores protection for national monuments Trump shrank: 5 essential reads
The Biden administration is restoring full protection to three national monuments that President Trump sought to cut down drastically.
Oct. 8, 2021 • ~9 min
Removing urban highways can improve neighborhoods blighted by decades of racist policies
Two urban policy experts explain why taking down highways that have isolated low-income and minority neighborhoods for decades is an important part of the pending infrastructure bill.
Sept. 7, 2021 • ~9 min
London's Marble Arch Mound was a fiasco in a city losing so many green spaces – but pop-up parks can work
Pop-up spaces can be successful, they just need to be better thought through and created with urban ecology in mind rather than economics.
Aug. 17, 2021 • ~8 min
Don't hike so close to me: How the presence of humans can disturb wildlife up to half a mile away
Outdoor recreation is booming across the US, but research shows that the presence of humans – or the trails they hike and ski on – can have harmful effects on wildlife at less-than-close range.
July 14, 2021 • ~9 min
Study marks major step to creating a system to study quantum phase transitions
In 1934, physicist Eugene Wigner made a theoretical prediction that suggested how a metal that normally conducts electricity could turn into a nonconducting insulator when the density of electrons is reduced. Now a team of Harvard physicists has finally experimentally documented this transition.
June 30, 2021 • ~5 min
Yellowstone is losing its snow as the climate warms, and that means widespread problems for water and wildlife
The area's iconic national parks are home to grizzlies, elk and mountain snowfall that feeds some of the country's most important rivers. A new report show the changes underway as temperatures rise.
June 23, 2021 • ~9 min
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