Climate
In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, communities build their own micro-hydropower plant
19 families from four communities are developing a 300-kilowatt (kW) run-of-river hydropower plan
US News
Can President Trump legally use donations to build the White House Ballroom?
Uncle Sam may receive charitable gifts, but that doesn’t give presidents free rein on how to spend those funds.
US News
Students at Colorado State teach their community to manage complex problems
Research shows people tend to prefer simple stories and ideas that match what they already believe
US News
Shapiro’s executive order puts Pennsylvania data center projects under scrutiny
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order placing restrictions on the state’s review of permits related to data centers.
Tech
The greenest building is the one still standing after a disaster
A ‘green’ building has to last for its intentionally small carbon footprint to pay off. That includes surviving flood, storm or wildfire damage.
Tech
What is public interest technology? An expert on data and policy explains
Public interest technology ensures that public policies are implemented in ways that change people’s lives.
Tech
Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth. Are we ready for the realities?
Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery of life beyond Earth.
World News
When the lights go out in Libya’s Cyrenaica
How the electricity crisis in eastern Libya became a water crisis that revived an older argument about power, resources and regional inequality in the…
Climate
Climate change parches Puerto Rico and Jamaica in rare early wet season drought
A severe drought that has parched the Caribbean since May 2026 was fueled by human-induced climate change, according to a recent study.
Asia Pacific
Nepal floods disrupt pilgrimage to the sacred Mount Kailash
It holds religious significance for Hindus, Tibetan Buddhists and Jains