On a sunny, warm Sunday MIT students, staff, and faculty spread out across the fields of Hannan Healthy Foods in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Some of these volunteers pluck tomatoes from their vines in a patch a few hundred feet from the cars whizzing by on Route 117. Others squat in the shadeContinue Reading
At a high level, ammonia seems like a dream fuel: It’s carbon-free, energy-dense, and easier to move and store than hydrogen. Ammonia is also already manufactured and transported at scale, meaning it could transform energy systems using existing infrastructure. But burning ammonia creates dangerous nitrous oxides, and splitting ammonia moleculesContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake on Tuesday denied a request seeking to stop officials from enforcing the new law on cruises.Continue Reading
What we put on our plates may matter more for the climate than we realize. Researchers found that most people, especially in wealthy countries, are exceeding a “food emissions budget” needed to keep global warming below 2°C. Beef alone accounts for nearly half of food-related emissions in Canada. Small changes—lessContinue Reading
Technology from Chicago and around the world promises to clean up water. An effort in Illinois is trying to speed it to market while navigating new federal funding challenges. By Leigh Giangreco When it comes to cleaning up dirty water, tiny bubbles can pack a big punch.Continue Reading
Fires, severe weather and collisions with icebergs are all risks when traveling to one of the fastest-melting glaciers on the continent. Our science reporter Raymond Zhong shares a glimpse into the survival training for his upcoming Antarctic trip.Continue Reading
NASA/Adeline Morgan Santa Claus (NASA engineer Guy Naylor) poses with NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 11, 2025. The Orion spacecraft was stacked atop the SLS in October 2025. Set toContinue Reading
The Atlantic hurricane season produced a normal number of storms, compared to more frequent storms in recent years. But the storms that did form were huge. (Image credit: Matias Delacroix)Continue Reading
The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across animals, plants, fungi, and beyond. Many species remain undiscovered, especially insects and microbes, and future advances could unlock millions more.Continue Reading
Weather disasters are shared experiences in the Maine foothills and communities are preparing for a wetter, warmer future. By Sydney Cromwell The December 2023 flood. The 2022 Halloween storm. The Patriots Day storm of 2007. The Great Ice Storm of 1998. Continue Reading
As power-guzzling data centers proliferate across the country and drive electricity prices up, batteries could be a part of the solution. By Alexia Underwood Illinois is lagging on battery storage—projects that collect solar and wind energy to use when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. Continue Reading
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality of working on the WWII home front as a Black woman.Continue Reading
Scientists exploring Romania’s Hațeg Basin have discovered one of the densest dinosaur fossil sites ever found, with bones lying almost on top of each other. The K2 site preserves thousands of remains from a prehistoric flood-fed lake that acted like a natural bone trap 72 million years ago. Alongside commonContinue Reading