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The buzzy industry of robotic pollinators is setting its sights on indoor farms for urban—and extraterrestrial—environments

Hotspots beneath cities deform the ground, causing important infrastructure to crack under stress

The Kashmir region of Asia is due for another major earthquake, and its modern architecture is ill-prepared to withstand such an event

The weight of New York City’s 1.1 million buildings is making the city slowly sink

Used diapers can replace up to 40 percent of the sand that is typically used in making concrete, lowering costs and keeping more trash out of landfills

Tornado outbreaks are moving from Texas and Oklahoma toward Tennessee and Kentucky, where people may not be prepared

Safe access to the world’s tallest peaks could disappear as temperatures rise in the Alps

After recent earthquakes, Türkiye and Syria continue to grapple with a mass of rubble that could pollute, poison and alter the lives of everyone around it

A thin film can switch from releasing heat to trapping it, and wrapping the coating around buildings could make them more energy-efficient

Though deadly quakes can’t be prevented, science does have some ways to protect buildings—and the people inside them

Improvements in how scientists measure plate movement and detect places where stress is building allow them to recognize areas where the likelihood of an earthquake is high

Large sporting events often claim to be carbon neutral. But often this assertion is greenwashing, and it hides the incredible amount of pollution they actually create