As part of a Sustainability & Resilience virtual event hosted by SPUR on June 23, a group of climate action leaders discussed the promise and pitfalls of capturing carbon. …

NASA has announced that it will collaborate with the European Space Agency on its EnVision mission to the most mysterious planet this side of the asteroid belt. The partnership involves NASA contributing VenSAR technology, courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. VenSAR is a synthetic aperture radar that will enable high-resolution…

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended human life in innumerable ways, however the upheaval has also extended to our animal companions. Job losses have forced many people into difficult financial situations that have impacted their ability to afford pet food, for example, or even more costly veterinary care. Yet the impacts…

Pandemic or not, we’re in this together I imagine that humanity’s collective mental energy might be emitting in a highly focused fashion at the moment. Perhaps in a more protracted way than was reportedly measured post-9/11, but something is surely buzzing. The stress of the moment (and by moment I…

Combat Incivility with Civic Participation A healthy democracy needs ordinary people to be extraordinarily engaged Of all the many forms of civic participation, voting is typically one of the least time-consuming. Yet in the 2016 U. S. general election, nearly 40 percent of the eligible voting population didn’t cast ballots. 2018 marked a record year…

I’ve never been drawn to quick money schemes or promises of quick fixes to major problems, and for good reason — real successes in life come from sustained and focused effort. Yet it’s for this very reason that I love the 5-second meditation. This incredibly short micro-meditation does involve sustained…