On September 27, Dame Maggie Smith passed away at the age of 89. The prolific British actress was a force both on stage and on screen, earning the Academy Award for Best Actress at 35 for her titular ...

For the last 21 years, the Yosemite Climbing Association has led an annual cleanup effort in the beloved national park, known as the Yosemite Facelift. But the iconic park site isn’t the only one in ...

While the splendor of fall colors — reds, yellows, greens, and oranges — is something many look forward to every year, people who are affected by colorblindness may find it difficult to distinguish ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. ‍ ‍ Restricting the volume of high-emitting vehicles roaming city streets carries many benefits, from clearing ...

This week, the United States Department of the Interior announced the single largest grant investment made from the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program. Overseen by the Land and Water ...

— In 1987, UNESCO declared the Xochimilco wetland area in southern Mexico City a World Heritage Site, recognizing in particular its chinampas, an ancient agricultural system in use since the time of ...

Just as individual humans handle stress differently, so do corals. Even coral colonies of the same species, growing side by side, vary in their tolerance to pressures such as heatwaves. In research ...

The largest solar manufacturer in Turkey is giving a whole new meaning to the phrase “walking on sunshine.” The company — Ankara Solar — recently introduced a line of ‘walkable’ solar panels to ...

On September 24, the agriculture startup Plenty Unlimited opened the world’s first scalable, vertical strawberry farm in the U.S. The indoor farm — which is based in Richmond, Virginia — marks a new ...

Most of the passengers emerging from the station in Bellvitge, a working-class neighborhood outside Barcelona, have no idea just how innovative the city’s subway system is. Using technology not unlike ...

Two years ago, Pennsylvania State University gathered 26 volunteers for a unique bee monitoring program in Pennsylvania, and the results of the program are finally available to the public. The study, ...

Researchers at Princeton University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have created a new type of concrete that’s 560% stronger, simply by using less materials. The new concrete, ...