A new study reveals that gold mining in the Amazon alters the soil and dries out the land, preventing forest regeneration.

A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out ...

A California nuclear startup with roots in space exploration is coming to East TN. Meet Radiant Industries, which announced ...

Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the government erased its name from official maps, according to the ...

Students throwing orange peels into the multi-stream waste bins at Tutor Campus Center is just a surface-level glimpse into ...

Boometrix projects have been the subject of social media chatter in Siargao. Residents are going on inspector mode to check roads and bridges.

It was supposed to be a heartwarming moment: Polish star Kamil Majchrzak, fresh off a thrilling win at the recently concluded US Open, handing his sweat-soaked, victory-scented cap to a young fan. But ...

Three years after the federal government listed a tiny Nevada toad on the endangered species list, a geothermal company seeking to develop a project near the toad’s only known habitat in Northern ...

Geothermal energy can provide electricity, heating, and cooling by extracting heat from underground reservoirs.

Mark Hulbert made the case that two industries are especially vulnerable to downturns in the stock market of at least 40% over the next two years.

North Queensland’s epic $550m waterpark project has taken another exciting step towards becoming reality, after Townsville City Councillors voted unanimously to give preliminary approval to the ...

In 2000 TIME’s editors sat down to select three inventions of the year, one each in consumer technology, medical science, and ...