WashU study found gaps in St. Louis’ emergency preparedness ahead of tornado, calls for change
A Washington University study found gaps in St. Louis’ emergency preparedness ahead of the May 16 EF3 tornado, calling for local public and nonprofit groups to create a support network ahead of any future emergencies.
Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees: Which Is Actually Better for the Planet? | What Do I Do With This?
Between gift wrap, decorations, lights, food, and Christmas trees, the holidays create a shocking amount of waste. But what actually belongs in the trash, and what doesn’t?
Heat-seeking beetles drawn to plants that glow in infrared
To attract their pollinators, plants have long produced vivid flowers—but the world wasn’t always so colorful.
An SOM-Designed Timber Pavilion Opens In Millennium Park
A site-specific installation has opened in Millennium Park as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s “Shift: Architecture in Times of Radical Change.”
Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works
As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand and resulting greenhouse gas emissions are raising concerns.
Archaeologists May Have Found the Lost Iron City of the Silk Road in the Remote Highlands of Uzbekistan
Researchers are uncovering what they think is the metropolis of Marsmanda, an iron-making city that could rewrite the history of the famed trade route
Ancient DNA upends long-held story of cat domestication
New DNA studies show domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread later than believed, while ancient China lived alongside a different wild feline long before housecats arrived.
Cahokia Heights residents hope for sewers to stop flooding lawns a year after city settlement
A year ago the city worked out a settlement with EPA and DOJ after allegations of leaving sewer water flooding people’s homes
There are few pigeons in St. Louis. Research shows it’s due to design
Pigeons flock to areas with people — a trait bred into their domestic ancestors for hundreds of thousands of years. However, St. Louis does not have many pigeons in the city proper.
Archaeologists may have uncovered a Bronze Age metropolis in Kazakhstan’s steppe
Upon the open grasslands of what is now Kazakhstan, there once stood a Bronze Age settlement that may have served as a center of exchange and power around 1600 BC.