The wind turbines arrived in Gloucester at the same time I did. My husband and I moved into a cheap third-floor apartment in the small coastal city in northern Massachusetts…
Many homes already have the power to electrify, study finds
Blake Herrschaft has plans to fully electrify his Tahoe City, California, home, which runs on a slim 100 amps of electrical service. But even with a hot tub, in an…
Adventures in health care billing. My $51.96 zit co-insurance
By MATTHEW HOLT I know my many fans love me delving into the world of why we get seemingly incorrect trivial bills in health care, and what they all mean.…
Manuel López-Aliste | Differential effects of agricultural expansion on wild bee taxonomic and functional diversity
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Manuel López-Aliste discusses the paper “Differential effects of agricultural expansion on wild bee taxonomic and functional diversity“, which was recently published in…
The Iran war is driving a clean energy wake-up call
This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. It’s been a month since the U.S. and Israel first attacked…
Haldane Prize 2025 | Xiaojing Zhang: Mycelium biomass and community composition impact nutrient concentration in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at fine spatial scale
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Xiaojing Zhang discusses her paper “Mycelium biomass and community composition impact nutrient concentration in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at fine spatial scale“, which has been shortlisted for…
Calling BS
By KIM BELLARD We are living, you’d have to say, in the age of bullshit. Our politicians can’t answer the simplest of questions without spouting word salad answers aimed at…
Haldane Prize 2025 | Alon Rapaport: Rapid and chemically diverse C transfer from trees to mycorrhizal fruit bodies in the forest
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Alon Rapaport discusses his paper “Rapid and chemically diverse C transfer from trees to mycorrhizal fruit bodies in the forest“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s…
What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Means for Animals
At ACE, we are committed to helping people help animals by recommending impactful giving opportunities that reduce the most suffering with their donations. Recently, we’ve been hearing one particular, albeit…
Haldane Prize 2025 | James Mouton: Behavioural co-option of plant secondary compounds by a cavity-nesting bird is an adaptation against competition and predation
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: James Mouton discusses the paper “Behavioural co-option of plant secondary compounds by a cavity-nesting bird is an adaptation against competition and predation“, which has been shortlisted…