Innovation

Trump is willfully ignorant about climate change and it's putting our environment — and us — at risk

To hear Donald Trump tell it, no one knows more about the climate than him. No, really. When asked about climate change, the President of the United States told reporters earlier this week, "I think I know more about the environment than most…

By AJ Dellinger

Uber says drivers aren’t essential to its business. But if they aren’t, who is?

By AJ Dellinger

Earlier this week, legislators in California passed a groundbreaking piece of legislation that will require companies to reclassify contract workers as employees in certain situations. While the bill, which is expected to be signed into law by…

Just how big is Amazon’s carbon footprint?

By AJ Dellinger

On September 20, hundreds of Amazon workers plan to walk out of the company's Seattle headquarters. The organized action is in part to support the worldwide climate strike set to take place that day, but is just as much an effort to get the…

This app helps Black women have honest conversations about mental health

Right before her 26th birthday, Jasmin Pierre attempted suicide for the third time. Eight years before that, she had taken a large amount of pills — enough to kill her. At the hospital, she says she was handed activated charcoal to drink and sent…

Extreme weather has already displaced 7 million people this year

By AJ Dellinger

Following Hurricane Dorian, large parts of the Bahamas have been left in a state of ruin, made unlivable to the hundreds of thousands of people who have called the islands their home. Those citizens of the devastated nation will just be the latest…

How our dependency on plastic contributes to climate change

'Plastics' and 'climate change' have gone hand-in-hand lately, with reports tying the two together as part of a larger effort to save the Earth. But the relationship between plastics and climate change can be a little fuzzy. Taking reusable grocery…

How two intrepid students nearly hacked Trump's tax returns

By AJ Dellinger

It's been more than four years since Donald Trump first announced his intentions to run for the office of President of the United States and we have still yet to see more than a couple of pages of Trump's tax returns — none of which were willingly…

This newly discovered black hole could confirm one of Einstein's most famous theories

Bravo to Albert Einstein. As researchers and physicists continue to learn more about black holes and their formation, more evidence has appeared to support his theory of general relativity. This theory, to put it very simply, attempts to describe…

Why do cheaper iPhones come in better colors than the expensive ones?

By Brittany Vincent

During Apple's 2019 Special Event, the manufacturer finally unveiled its slate of new iPhones. The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max are on their way to delight buyers when they debut on September 20. Among the cavalcade of new iPhone…

Scientists just had a major breakthrough in the search for alien life

By AJ Dellinger

We just got one step closer to learning if there is other life outside Earth and our solar system. In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, scientists revealed that, for the first time ever, they have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of an…

This newly identified prehistoric reptile sounds like a ‘Game of Thrones’ creation

Once upon a time, there was a giant, flying reptile that lived in the north. It was a creature that was intimidating in size but possessed a skewed anatomy that was mostly head and neck. Although it had a 30 foot wingspan that it could use to soar…