“Stomping out” a species that is here to stay
When I moved to New York City last summer, one of the first things I noticed was the fervor with which East Coasters are trying to stomp out invasive spotted lanternflies. These bugs were detected in ...
14 Apr 10min
Digging up the past at Dead Horse Bay
In 2020, the National Park Service announced the closure of Dead Horse Bay, a section of water and shoreline within the Gateway National Recreation Area in Brooklyn. Survey results had shown radiolog...
11 Mars 9min
These advocates are addressing the gap in your sex education
Hannah Chiu might only be a medical student at Tulane University, but she is using her platform to make sure young menstruators know everything from how to use a tampon to birth control options. Wit...
5 Feb 8min
How does emotional music affect musicians?
Lots of research has tried to break down how music toys with the emotions of any audience, but have you ever thought about how music makes the musicians playing it feel? A group of researchers from It...
1 Apr 20259min
It’s a whale of a problem: Can we lower the volume from Arctic ships?
Have you ever wanted to take a trip to the Arctic? Every year, tourists from around the world make their way to the region. But the ships carrying these tourists bring an invisible pollutant with them...
14 Jan 202511min
When city rivers get wild
It’s no secret that rivers winding through major cities have been reshaped by human hands. Where wildlife and marshes once existed, gray sidewalks and bleak straight-lined tributaries have blossomed. ...
13 Juni 202411min
What Was New York’s New Robocop?
Meet the newest robotic police officer in town: the Knightscope K5. This “Robocop” completed a two month trial period in New York City’s Times Square subway station from September to November of 2023,...
28 Mars 202411min
(Math + Art) × Fun = Mathemalchemy!
Boredom under COVID quarantine led many to pursue some strange side hobby, but for 24 mathematicians and artists, it resulted in Mathemalchemy — a collective of mathematically (aesthetically, too) cha...
13 Mars 202410min
