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Americans are apparently not as infatuated with cars as we thought

The elections were a mixed bag for all things urban, but despite a couple of big losses, mass transit came out smelling like roses.

Greg Hanscom Cities November 7, 2012

Like annoying jerks from high school, coal is doing better than you want

Because you don't get to have nice things, is why.

Philip Bump Climate & Energy November 13, 2012

How climate change could wipe out Western forests

Thanks to climate change, wildfire season is getting longer and more severe. In the Southwest, forests are on course to disappear altogether.

Sarah Garland Climate & Energy January 27, 2013

Warming ocean waters cause fish shrinkage

Water animals decrease in size at ten times the rate of land animals under warming conditions.

Philip Bump Climate & Energy November 6, 2012

Corn maze: There is no ‘simple fix’ for commodity farming

Recent evidence that growing a diversity of crops would solve many of Big Ag's problems is encouraging, but it will take a larger shift in the culture of commodity farming to see any real results.

Tom Laskawy Food October 26, 2012

One way to keep prices low: Let people die

The Times' graphic description of the fire at a Bangladeshi clothing manufacturer is a graphic depiction of externalized costs.

Philip Bump Technology December 7, 2012

The 2012 Arctic report card: We’re going to need some summer school

Assuming that summer school involves desperately trying to keep ice from melting.

Philip Bump Climate & Energy December 6, 2012

Sugary sodas make kids wanna smash

Sugar riot! Harvard study shows a correlation between sweet sodas and violence in kids.

Susie Cagle Culture October 24, 2012

This company cleans up nuclear waste by turning it into glass

Among all of the terrible ways to get rid of nuclear waste, there's one that stands above the rest for being a little less horrible: turning the radioactive parts into glass, a process called “vitrification.”

Sarah Laskow Technology November 6, 2012

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