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Mixed results from the Edible Schoolyard

Elementary school children regularly involved in gardening, cooking and nutrition education are more likely to develop a taste for fresh fruits...

Ed Bruske Food September 24, 2010

America’s largest urban Superfund site gets cute new mascot

In order to get people excited about the process of turning the canal into something that will stop depressing local property values, the Gowanus Community Advisory Group has decided that the project needs a mascot.

Christopher Mims Health April 12, 2012

Beyond red lists: The power of community-supported fisheries

A growing movement to connect consumers directly to small-scale fishermen has the potential to strengthen the national dialogue about what fish we should be eating when.

Twilight Greenaway Food and Agriculture July 9, 2012

A science experiment run by gnomes

A company that makes scales for scientific use has demonstrated slight variations in Earth’s gravitational pull at the surface, in...

Jess Zimmerman Culture March 21, 2012

Ask Umbra: I need a book of eco-tips!

A reader seeks a book's worth of green living advice. Umbra searches the stacks.

Ask Umbra® Culture May 14, 2012

Scientists build energy-efficient computer out of crabs

Here is an amazing example of humans piggybacking on a natural phenomenon to create an incredibly clever system: crab-based computing....

Sarah Laskow Energy April 16, 2012

Industrial poultry about to get even crappier — literally

What will happen if USDA inspectors leave big poultry processors to "self-regulate"? The result could be worse than pink slime.

Rachel Cernansky Food and Agriculture April 3, 2012

Critical List: Pesticides are killing bees; North Sea gas leak only sort of dangerous

A look at the news of the day.

Sarah Laskow March 30, 2012

Congressional report says ‘drill, baby, drill’ won’t protect U.S. from oil price spikes

The Congressional Budget Office concludes that the only effective tool to shield Americans from price shocks is to (wait for it) use less oil.

Stephen Lacey Energy May 10, 2012

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