Environment

A Spanish park has been free of wildfires for over a decade thanks to 18 donkeys

Gnawing our way to a wildfire solution.

Science

Spanish zoo study suggests that giraffes can do basic math

Environment

Beyond birds and mice, free‑ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects

Environment

The University of Cambridge found a way to reduce plastic waste and create clean hydrogen energy at the same time

Technology

Texas engineers develop a jacket that pulls fresh drinking water out of thin air

Environment

Kenyan teens create award-winning, affordable car exhaust filters made with corn cobs and algae

Science

Billionaire sees ‘useless’ Gobi Desert is the key to bountiful, money-saving clean energy

“This could be the new space of our civilization.”

Billionaire sees ‘useless’ Gobi Desert is the key to bountiful, money-saving clean energy
Lei Zhang believes our future lies in a desolate desert.

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Science

The drawer problem: Why so many of us can’t let go of our old electronics, and what we can do about it

Science

How window‑mounted heat pumps can give tenants efficient heating and cooling

Environment

Solar-powered boat feasts on trash and could solve the ocean’s plastic waste problem

Science

A bonobo’s make-believe tea party has scientists rethinking whether imagination belongs only to humans

Environment

As climate change causes flooding in London, experts found an effective, low-cost solution: beavers

Technology

Privacy isn’t dead – it’s just that tech companies have made it inconvenient

Environment

Wildlife reserves and gardens alike can be regrown thanks to dogs wearing backpacks with seeds

Environment

How the ‘fog harvesting’ women of Morocco are influencing how desert areas get drinking water