Photo©PanDemin/123rf Dear EarthTalk®: How does solar power adoption affect electricity costs? — Julie Smith, Pittsburg, PA Solar energy promises long-term savings and environmental benefits, but the path to widespread adoption is challenging, particularly in the way...

Photo courtesy Nick Green U.S. Geological Survey/CERC In February 2025, the classical pianist Betsy Arakawa died in her New Mexico home from a virus most people had never heard of. Her husband, the actor Gene Hackman, died a week later of heart disease. The pathogen...

Photo©liudmilachernetska/123rf Most of us acquire our first crystal without much ceremony. A smooth piece of amethyst picked up at a gift shop, a tumbled rose quartz passed along by a friend, a chunk of obsidian that caught the light in a way that felt personal. We...

Photo©MauricioToro/123rf When I was twelve, I had a bicycle, a Boy Scout knife, a library card, and what amounted to a couple of square miles of free range. My parents had no idea where I was most afternoons, and I had no real idea where they were either. We met up at...

Photo courtesy Bingjiefu He/Wikipedia New York Mayor Mamdani Applauded For Closing $12 Billion Budget Deficit Without Austerity Measures by Julia Conley, Common Dreams In announcing New York City’s executive budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Tuesday, Mayor Zohran...