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Is this beluga really trying to talk like people?
This definitely sounds more like human speech than whalesong! Though it sounds more like a vuvuzela solo than either.
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This teen built his own tiny home so he could move out of his parents’ house
Austin Hay, 17, has finished building a 130-square-foot house that will keep him from needing a mortgage when he's not, you know, 17.
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2012 or 1988?
1988. That was the year of James Hansen’s now famous congressional testimony on climate change. It was also the first year that climate change came up in the presidential debate cycle. Chicago Tribune reporter Jon Margolis asked Vice Presidential candidates Lloyd Bentsen and Dan Quayle about climate change and fossil fuels. Both agreed that it […]
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The human cost of coal, in photos
Steve Hawk and Ami Vitale traveled to the mountains of West Virginia, small-town Michigan, and a reservation in Nevada to match human faces and stories with the cost of coal.
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Friday music blogging: Lord Huron
Seattle’s beautiful late summer season is finally over and the gray drizzle is back. It’s getting dark earlier. Flannel shirts are coming out of closets. Fireplace covers are being removed. As it happens, I recently stumbled across an artist that makes music practically custom designed for this season: Lord Huron.
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How to make Illinois into a clean-energy leader
Activists in Illinois are excited about ballot initiatives to let cities control their own electricity. But before those can make a positive difference, the state's renewable energy standard needs to be fixed.
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Dolphins can stay more or less awake for 15 days straight
Scientists have known for awhile that dolphins can stay awake by turning only half their brains to sleep mode. What they do not know is how long dolphins can keep this up.
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These crocheted chandeliers are recycled from fashion industry leftovers
British designer Naomi Paul's lamps provide lighting designed to be flattering to both your face and your sense of goodwill.
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Three reasons to have a cow over antibiotics in your meat
There's new evidence that antibiotics in livestock are impacting our health -- and there are new proposed laws to control them. Here's everything you need to know.
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Literal grassroots leadership: The Soil Carbon Challenge
Sitting down to talk about his work to focus the climate-saving power of soil carbon, Peter Donovan starts off with a trick question. “What’s the major greenhouse gas?” I fall right into it. “Carbon dioxide.” “No, it’s water vapor.” Of course, he’s right, and I know it. I have answered the question I thought I […]
