Electricity failure in the United States is no longer an abstract possibility. New outage mapping tools are transforming grid vulnerability into something spatial, measurable, and deeply regional.

Like many countries during the pandemic, when people were feeling cooped up indoors, the U.S. had a bit of a bicycling boom. In 2020, bicycle sales were up by 46% from the year before, and U.S. roads ...

Paul N. Edwards is one of 234 Lead Authors of the 2021 Working Group I report for the Sixth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This article reflects his personal views. His ...