In recent months, media reports have described in detail the systematic nature of Chinese government directives to clamp down on ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang. China’s actions in Xinjiang have generated international criticism from dozens of countries. The Chinese government has defended its policy, saying that it is necessary for ensuring social stability. What are the…

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) crackdown on Uighur and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has attracted intense scrutiny and polarized the international community. At least 1 million people, maybe as many as 1.5 million, have been detained in a large network of recently constructed camps, where they undergo forced reeducation and political indoctrination.…

One issue that has traditionally shared bipartisan support is how the United States should approach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, write Sarah Yerkes and Ariella Platcha. However, this year both parties have shifted their positions farther from the center and from past Democratic and Republican platforms. How will that affect Obama’s strategy?

Given increased income and wealth inequality, much recent attention has been devoted to proposals to increase taxes on the wealthy (such as imposing a tax on accumulated wealth). Since capital income is highly skewed toward the ultra-wealthy, methods of increasing taxes on capital income provide alternative approaches for addressing inequality through the tax system. Marking…

When it comes to his country’s relationship with Mexico, U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to take a position that is at once reckless and suicidal. Reckless, because he is single-handedly scuttling a bilateral relationship with a nation that is vital to the prosperity, security, and well-being of the U.S. Suicidal, because the punitive tariffs…

A weak rule of law has been one of Mexico’s Achilles heels for a long time now, and the monopoly of violence by the state has been called into question there on several occasions since 2005 when organized crime started challenging the government of Vicente Fox. But at no point had it been put to…

To make this small space more livable, there is an emphasis on filling out the vertical space. Plus, a great tatami-inspired seating area.

Ozone — best known for filtering out harmful UV light as a component of the Earth's stratosphere — could dramatically reduce plants' ability to act as a carbon sink and thus cause further accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to

Talk about a lose-lose situation: On one hand, not taking any action to repair the hole would allow harmful UV radiation to percolate through; on the other hand, helping to accelerate its recovery could strengthen global warming by

Image from NASA updated: As many noted, I (idiotically) cited the Montreal Protocol's success here, which has nothing to do with reducing tropospheric ozone -- rather, it has to do with fixing the ozone layer. Thank you commenters, and my apologies for

There's no doubt that geoengineering brings out passionate emotions both pro and con, as recent debate on TreeHugger about the sort of-moratorium on some research coming out of the Convention on Biological Diversity

A small apartment is made to feel larger with custom cabinetry and more.

Wind turbines, solar cells, wave power. If you think these are newfangled technologies, think again. They were fangled long ago, and their story is the meat of Alexis Madrigal's new book, Powering the Dream. Madrigal (a senior editor at The Atlantic and

Wave power is the oft-forgotten cousin of solar and wind power. It has huge potential, but it is not quite as far along as the better known sources of clean power, so it tends to be overlooked.

Be sure to dispose of these toys if they are in the attic, and know how to stay on top of product recalls

If the harmful chemicals weren't bad enough, new research finds that many e-cigarettes also include unhealthy biological contaminants.

The rise in not-quite-vegetarian eating has a ripple effect that shouldn't be ignored.

Beekeepers in the Yucatan face a threat to their livelihoods as Europe rejects their products for GMO contamination.

It clogs our oceans and tampers with our bodies, yet without it, all modern life would skid to a stop. Susan Freinkel's new book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, explores the rise of plastic into ubiquity, hails it for its life-saving wonders, and explores

It is modern in appearance yet traditional in operations

Which really, is how every building and office should be designed.

It sounds like a plot-line from a bad 1950's sci-fi movie, but unfortunately there's nothing fiction about it. Several towns in western Hungary were flooded today with a toxic red sludge after the waste product from

Wastewater or sludge storage lagoons are designed, in part, based on statistical probability of annual precipitation and evaporation amounts. The data behind these estimates generally don't take into account contemporary

A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in

And the company that makes the chemical, Bayer CropScience, refuses to agree.

Chevron Toxico: Chevron Produces Phony Online News Coverage to Spread Misinformation about Ecuador Disaster "To promote a misinformation campaign about its role in the oil contamination of a pristine area of the rainforest in Ecuador, Chevron recently

The breakthrough also scored 18-year-old Hayley Todesco a Google Science Fair Award.

Most of the english speaking world has the day off today, in what started as a tradition of helping and sharing, and ended up at the mall.

No high-tech bells and whistles here, but tried-and-true strategies are used in this renovation to make a small space feel much bigger.

The Irish beer giant has stopped using fish bladders for filtration of its keg beer; cans and bottles to follow suit by the end of the year.

It's like Uber for 'flying' water cars, with an über-cute name: SeaBubbles.

Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.

Toxins leached out of old coal mines in the American Rust Belt are converted into custom paints.

A mixture of leftover citrus rinds and vinegar is an easy, food-safe way to cut ants off at the pass.

Sweden shows how to build comfortable apartments for families, and stairs that people want to use.

Jason Aramburu is trying to revolutionize how we garden by expanding the production of "Black Revolution" biochar, a soil-less growing medium made from farm waste.

Researchers found that listening to the song was as good as midazolam in relieving anxiety before regional anaesthesia.

The material can also heal itself to keep medical devices running indefinitely.

When even so-called experts don't know the difference, you must admit we have a problem here.

Join the DETOX campaign to pressure the fashion industry to stop exposing our kids to hazardous chemicals and contaminating waterways.

Greenpeace has taken some of the most popular outdoor gear to a lab in order to measure concentration of PFCs. What it found is disturbing.

Scientists examine two strategies to reduce anxiety.

Using mushrooms to challenge our unhealthy obsession with "body preservation," artist Jae Rhim Lee fabricates a suit that will remediate environmental toxins from dead bodies.

What if we declared climate change a crisis and put some serious resources to this type of initiative?

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

Witches are holding events to publically curse the guy.

In Ottawa, Canada, self-driving cars are being touted as a reason to delay transit investment.

Hinduism is the oldest

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?