For the homeless women who board the Panarosa bus on the streets of Caracas, their first point of contact might be Mariannys Quintero. Quintero, a nursing assistant, welcomes them to the bus, where ...

David Byrne learns how fisheries from Iceland to the Great Lakes are using 100% of their catch — and shares his tips for ...

A two-day simulation drew thousands of participants — and revealed important lessons for how cities can rise to meet a hotter future.

When Martin Aufmuth, a math teacher in Erlangen, Germany, read in 2009 that hundreds of millions of people worldwide suffered from vision impairment but could not afford glasses, he could hardly ...

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Overhead chargers on key bus routes in Madison, Wisconsin are enabling the zero-emissions vehicles to run despite freezing conditions. As cities struggle with heat, Zürich offers a masterclass in ...

An app that analyzes cough sounds offers an ingenious way to screen for one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.

This story is one in a series about the confluence of capitalism, conservation and cultural identity in the Mississippi River Basin. It is part of Waterline and is sponsored by the Walton Family ...