Can these fishermen save a 3,000-year tradition?
On a sunny morning in January, along the northern coast of Peru, wastewater rushed from a treatment plant into nearby wetlands. These wetlands hold totora— a type of reed grass …
how self-cloning crops could soon transform our food
As early as next month, a trial crop of hardy sorghum could start sprouting under a mesh containment canopy in eastern Australia. The plants might seem ordinary, but there’s something …
Historical Design Strategies That Reduce Temperatures – THE DIRT
The sunken corridors, or cryptoportici, at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, Italy / Chip Sullivan By Chip Sullivan For most parts of the country, the Hot August Nights are here. Current …
On the optimum of the energy transfer efficiency in the generation of waves by subaerial landslides
Governing equations In this work, multiphaseInterFoam, the multi-phase solver of OpenFOAM, is used to simulate the flow composed of three immiscible phases (i.e., water, slide, and air). The governing equations …
Protect wildlife: Buy a print
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures might be worth even more. “Prints for Wildlife,” an initiative featuring the work of some of the world’s best …
AI-powered brain device allows paralysed guy to manage robot arm
The efficiency of non-invasive brain devices can be enhanced by combining them with AI. Credit Report: Jean-Pierre Clatot/AFP by means of Getty A man with partial paralysis was able run …
Climate and Biodiversity News (August 2025– THE DUST
ASLA 2024 Design Urban Honor Honor Veranda. Urban Taking On District Rewilded Nature. Xi’an, Shaanxi May be, China. Turenscape Why Concrete More Doing Damage Excellent Than Battle in the Against …
The 2021 Henan flood increased citizen demand for government-led climate change adaptation in China
Citizen petitioning and the Henan flood context To examine the political aftermath of the flood, this study draws on a comprehensive and proprietary dataset of citizen queries submitted to the …
Off Mexico’s coast, divers nab biggest ‘ghost’ yet
When Edgardo Ochoa woke up in the early hours of August 20, he had a good feeling. The palm trees outside his window were still, signaling a calm day ahead. …
Unifying gravity and quantum theory requires better understanding of time
Quantum mechanics is our most successful physical theory. Created to account for atomic phenomena, it has a vast range of applications extending well beyond the atomic realm, from predicting the …