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.
Missouri: Hungry for Solutions
A Midwest region dominated by agriculture, Missouri is bringing its ecosystem to the next level.
WashU testing soil in tornado impacted areas for lead
From-the-ground-up, Washington University’s CLEAN STL program has started collecting soil samples from areas impacted by May 16th’s tornado.
WashU project to analyze environmental health of St. Louis neighborhoods impacted by tornado
A newly launched Washington University project will examine the environmental health of neighborhoods devastated after an EF3 tornado swept through the St. Louis area in May.
Brewery waste can be repurposed to make nanoparticles that can fight bacteria
Scientists are exploring how to manufacture beer brewing waste into useful products.