1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (255+ words) A year later, the law had yet to be enforced. The relevant departments didn't have the devices. Amelia's Law is, in one sense, a perfect story. A young victim. A preventable tragedy. A commonsense-seeming response. What it may not be…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (286+ words) Your smartphone knows how you drive. Every hard brake, every burst of speed, every glance at your screen whilst weaving through traffic: it's all being tracked by the accelerometer and GPS tucked inside your pocket. And if you're one of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (360+ words) Less than one in five miles of US rivers carry enough legal protection to keep their ecosystems healthy. The rest? Regulatory void. A team led by University of Washington scientists stitched together local, state, and federal policies across more than…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago  (440+ words) Red dust blowing onto pristine white mountain snow might seem like little more than a visual curiosity, but this phenomenon is dramatically reshaping...