The massive Ivanpah solar power plant uses natural gas – even more than it expected last year. It’s not ideal, but solar power and natural gas are a powerful, and relatively ‘green,’ combination.
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Laden with animals, conspiracy theories and apocalyptic visions, Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya’s poetry reflects how many Arabs – urban and rural, rich and poor – view the world.
Anti-nuclear advocates may cheer the closing of nuclear power plants in the US, but thanks to cheap natural gas, less nuclear power means higher emissions.
The cloud lies under the ocean. Thin cables about as big around as a garden hose traverse the Earth’s oceans carrying all our intercontinental internet data.
Americans’ religious beliefs have made them more tolerant of capital punishment. Some may even see it as holy.
Despite the website’s hype, Grantland was never anything more than window dressing for ESPN’s brand.
Asian Americans are the wealthiest, best-educated and fastest-growing segment of voters in the US. They are also increasingly voting Democratic.
Rich countries are supposed to give $100 billion to developing countries in the upcoming Paris climate talks to deal with climate change. How much has been committed and how will this work?
Recent headlines suggesting the yuan is on the verge of becoming an international currency stray far from reality.
How different are the new breast cancer screening guidelines issued by the American Cancer Society? A professor of radiology explains what the new guidelines say about when women should start having yearly mammograms.
Unhealthy foods are the most heavily marketed products in school. Why do we allow it?
After a period of decline, cities around the world are revitalizing but it’s coming at a cost: an increasingly tight affordable housing squeeze.
Research shows that the clothes you wear not only affect how others see you but also how you see yourself and who you are on a biological level.
What role does a bit of recognition play for students?
The thought of intestinal worms sneaking around our bodies is pretty unpleasant, but some types of worms are beneficial and could help treat inflammatory diseases.
An advocate for the power of innovation to improve the world offers some cautions.
Unlike CEOs, mayors are enthusiastic imitators and intimate allies, rather than fierce competitors. On World Cities Day, how US mayors are looking abroad for inspiration to solve problems
Sure, a chunk of Stuyvesant Town’s units will remain affordable for 20 years. But what happens after that?
Ghost hunters love to record and parse EVP – electronic voice phenomena – they say are messages from spirits. But perceptual psychology has scientific reasons for why what they’re hearing isn’t from the other side.
Liberal arts institutions teach students critical thinking skills. But rarely do they learn how to collaborate.
Many utilities see rooftop solar as a threat, but solar power can actually lower the cost of power they – and their consumers – need to pay during hours of high demand.
The best haunted houses push buttons in our brains that evolved long before houses even existed.
Candidates sparred among themselves and the media but still managed to debate some of the key economic issues that matter most to Americans – though they ignored a few.
Was the latest GOP debate designed just to give candidates – and viewers – something to tweet about?
New research shows texting combined with rising levels of youth unemployment were primary drivers of the unrest that has unsettled Europe.