When musician David Byrne, the founder of Reasons to be Cheerful, performed at the sold-out Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles last fall, the entire crowd was on its feet for almost the entire show. I ...

At 10 p.m. on June 27, 1980, Jose Artiga received word that El Salvador’s death squads were hunting him. The then-23-year-old engineering student had been involved in political protests — and for that ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. Hotter, drier weather, ...

Move over, solar and wind. Thanks to new technologies, a “geothermal renaissance” is propelling green energy further than ever before.

David Byrne learns how to recycle water — and why surprising places like Las Vegas and Orange County are perfecting this complicated process.

In Caracas, a mobile clinic offers high-quality medical care to those experiencing homelessness — and helps to restore their dignity.

The policies reduce deportations of law-abiding immigrants — historically, that is. Today, amid mass ICE raids, the impact is harder to gauge. A two-day simulation drew thousands of participants — and ...

See what stories caught our attention this week, including Colorado river otters’ slow-burning comeback and an anti-ghosting law in Ontario. See what stories caught our attention this week, including ...

Most ideas that start over a bottle of wine don’t go anywhere, but this one is different. Two Tulane University seniors in New Orleans, Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, were drinking wine in their ...

The towers of old clothes reach almost to the ceiling of the 200,000-square-foot hall. Forklifts rumble across the concrete floor, squeezing between the stacked bales of jeans, jackets, sweaters and ...

As beekeeper Mosad Al-Humairi watched the truck carrying 48 of his beehives lurch to one side, its right wheels sinking dangerously in the muddy road and its top tilting towards a drop fewer than two ...

When Jamie Schuler teaches her Friday dance classes, some of her students stay seated. They follow her movements, some using just their upper or lower limbs, others syncing their hands and feet to the ...