New research out of the western U.S. suggests dams and ponds built by beavers can slow floods, store water and even create green firebreaks in wildfire-prone landscapes.

The medical world relies on horseshoe crab blood in the production of vaccines and equipment. A synthetic is available, but companies have been slow to adopt it.

Architect Brian Stark wants to tackle the country's affordable housing crisis — one shipping container at a time.

Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems

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