Wildlife Recovery
Why salmon populations surge after dam removals
For more than a century, the Elwha River in Washington's Olympic Peninsula ran as two stagnant lakes held back by aging concrete. The dams, built in…
Environmental Restoration
Select the best native trees for your backyard restoration
There's a particular sound a shovel makes when it finally bites into a root-bound backyard for the last time - a kind of sodden surrender, turf folding back like a page.
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Health & Wellbeing
Check 6 signs of aging using advanced longevity testing
We have entered a remarkable era in medicine. For the first time in human history, we can measure the rate at which our bodies are aging with a…
Social Progress
Decide between Charity Navigator and GuideStar for donations
You know that feeling, right? You’re sitting with your laptop, a credit card at the ready, moved by a news report about disaster relief or a friend’s…
Scientific Breakthroughs
Join the NASA citizen science project to find new exoplanets
For decades, the hunt for exoplanets was a pursuit reserved for the elite echelons of astrophysics—those with access to multi-billion dollar orbital…