Each summer, people in mosquito country slather themselves with DEET, or diethyltoluamide, the synthetic liquid widely seen as the most effective mosquito repellent around. But in some situations, ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. By 2050, recycling could fulfill half of Europe’s demand for critical raw materials, according to a new analysis. The final report of the European ...

By using electricity and recycled materials, researchers made a cement that cuts energy use by 70% and carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 98% compared with traditional cement production ...

Energy efficiency is a good thing—but is it being undermined by some part of human nature? There’s a long-running debate in energy economics about whether as technology becomes more efficient, people ...

A 15-year field experiment in Kenya reveals that dung beetles—and the ecosystem services they provide—collapse when elephants disappear, offering evidence of coextinction in the wild.