Endless local elections and proposed new rules for libraries are the targets of readers' ire in letters published Feb. 22 to ...

Allowing for “consensus choice” would improve ranked-choice voting in the commonwealth, Better Choices for Democracy’s Carah Ong Whaley writes.

Policy loopholes under the Endangered Species Act may be putting Guam’s fragile coral reefs at greater risk, scientists warn.

Forests may reduce not only small floods but also the probability of major ones, according to a new study challenging ...

Many Filipinos are familiar only with the Banaue rice terraces – the agricultural fields sculpted into the mountainsides. However, there is much more ...

A host of interesting, under-the-radar recently funded startups caught our attention in the past month: one that’s developing ...

Streamlined solutions from excavation to engineering support urgent needs in pipe repair, grading, foundations, and ...

A week-long barrage of Sierra Nevada snowfall buried the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab under 111 inches of accumulation, a figure that captures both the raw power of California’s winter storms ...

Every morning in Quetta, before the sun clears the jagged peaks of the Sulaiman Mountains, a ritual of anxiety begins. It starts with the hollow, metallic clink of a dry tap. For thousands of ...

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila ...

What novel contaminants are being born on farms and fisheries across Asia?A new review published in New Contaminants warns that modern livestock and aquaculture systems are generating a complex ...