Researchers investigate microplastics in D.C.'s waterways

A research team from American University has spent the last three years collecting samples from several…

Traditional downtowns are dead or dying in many US cities. What's next for these zones?

The hollowing out of U.S. cities’ office and commercial cores is a national trend with serious…

The arrival of mandatory corporate sustainability reporting

To paraphrase the management icon Peter Drucker, you can’t manage something unless you measure it. Without…

Historic wind tunnel facility testing NASA's Mars ascent vehicle rocket

The MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) team recently completed wind tunnel testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight…

New study definitively confirms gulf stream weakening

The Gulf Stream transport of water through the Florida Straits has slowed by 4% over the…

Examining how weather patterns will change in the future

In a warming Pacific Northwest, summers are getting hotter and winters less cold, but the atmospheric…

What is quantum squeezing?

How many times have you shown up to a video meeting with people at work only…

Q&A: The first asteroid sample returned to Earth

On Sunday morning, a capsule the size of a mini-fridge dropped from the skies over western…

Egyptian Mediterranean fisheries in urgent need of better management, says study

Egyptian fisheries must be better managed to secure the overall health of the Mediterranean Sea’s marine…

Is Instagram making the great outdoors more crowded? Not as much as you might suspect

Except for modest visitor increases at a small percentage of iconic places, Instagram content is not…