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How open data can help the Global South, from disaster relief to voter turnout
The modern era is marked by growing faith in the power of data. “Big data”, “open data”, and “eviden...
Can we ditch dark energy by better understanding general relativity?
A renewed suggestion that dark energy may not be real — dispensing with 70% of the stuff in the univ...
‘Himalayan Viagra’ is threatened by fervent Chinese demand and climate change
At the beginning of the Himalayan summer, when the snows start to melt, all the schools close for th...
In the Caribbean, colonialism and inequality mean hurricanes hit harder
Hurricane Maria, the 15th tropical depression this season, is now battering the Caribbean, just two...
From New York to Romania, restoration ecology is helping nature heal (and maybe humanity, too)
New York City’s Bronx River used to be an open sewer, more useful for carrying industrial waste than...