Share
A shift away from fossil fuels is necessary if we are to mitigate climate change, but a serious electrician shortage in the U.S. is proving to be one of the biggest barriers to reaching this goal.
Share
I met U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) for the first time recently. I had a short, but revealing conversation with him.
Share
The ability to imagine is uniquely human. Imagination enabled the invention of our modern world with its bewilderingly complex transportation and communication systems.
Share
Who knew that deer salivate about 2 gallons a day or that a fawn has 272–342 spots on its coat? Or that a doe may choose to give birth to fawns near a road so that fewer bears, coyotes and bobcats are around?
Share
New Dominion Bookshop will host a book reading and signing with author Henry Hoke on Friday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m.
Share
The U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay of an appeals court order that had halted construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Share
Researchers at Virginia Tech are testing the best practices for growing blackberries and blueberries – and extending the life of the berries.
Share
At least 853 migrants died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in the past 12 months. And God knows how many merely endured — and continue to endure — various forms of hell.
Share
More than 150,000 streams and rivers thread through the Chesapeake Bay’s 64,000-mile watershed., the largest estuary in the United States.
Share
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has found that the green floater, a freshwater mussel found in 10 states including Virginia is likely to become endangered.
