For the last several years I’ve been showing Annie Leonard’s “The Story of Stuff” whenever I teach climate science to my students. I find it is interesting for them to think about where our “stuff” ...

Cloud-based mapping service CartoDB has released a beta version of a new tool, Odyssey.js, that lets you create interactive maps in Markdown without knowing how to code. The open source tool lets you ...

An interactive "supermap" that portrays the mutations and spread of the avian flu around the globe over time should help researchers and policy makers better understand the virus and anticipate ...

The rise of natural disasters and infrastructure projects has made trail closures a common occurrence across the West Coast.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Biking and walking in Nashville have become a challenge for Vanderbilt student Noah Stern since he moved here back in 2016. “It sucks that I sometimes have to feel scared ...

The future of storytelling is interactivity, but most media companies don’t have the resources to assign programmers to every story. One company thinks they have a solution. Interactive maps can draw ...

Scientists have mapped the effects of war, colonization, trade, migration and slavery on the genetic mixing of humans over the bulk of recorded history and created an online interactive atlas of ...

Use the tool's week-by-week, county-by-county predictions to plan your autumnal adventures—and make the most of the 2025 leaf ...