In the municipality of Andes, agriculture rules the steep surface of la tierra, while informal miners pick and blast subterranean tunnels to make a living from ...

An anthropologist who studies energy, engineering and public accountability, Smith is one of 26 scholars across the United States – and the first Mines professor ever – selected for the prestigious ho...

The National Science Foundation fired 168 workers to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order, the latest in a series of layoffs throughout the US government as the Trump administration se...

Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.

In 2015, 195 nations plus the European Union signed the Paris Agreement and pledged to undertake plans designed to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C. Yet in 2023, the world exceeded that ...

What’s the matter with America’s rural voters? Many scholars believe that the question itself is the problem.

Marriage isn’t always forever — or for everyone. Our policies should protect a wider array of committed relationships.

Achieving an economy-wide net-zero emissions goal by mid-century in the United States entails transforming not only the physical energy system, but al…