The Paper Boats of Troy

With the right design, paper and water can mix to make a floatable boat.

Apr 22, 2015 | 1,500 words, about 7 minutes

A Sailing Farmer Steers Toward a Post-Carbon Future

A Vermont farmer decides to reinvent how goods are shipped to market; will the shipping gods listen?

Apr 22, 2015 | 3,600 words, about 18 minutes

The Tenacity of Water Chestnuts

To keep Massachusetts’s Mystic River friendly for boaters, a volunteer militia dives into the fray and beats back a well-armed invader.

Apr 22, 2015 | 2,000 words, about 10 minutes

What Now, Walrus?

The convergence of Inuit wisdom and scientific study is helping researchers begin to understand what a changing Arctic means for the walrus (and for those who depend on it).

Apr 22, 2015 | 2,900 words, about 14 minutes

Becoming Seals

A group of unlikely athletes finds camaraderie and relief from pain in the frigid North Pacific waters off Canada’s Saltspring Island.

Apr 22, 2015 | 1,700 words, about 8 minutes

Salmon Trees

A researcher’s discovery that trees and animals depend on salmon as much as people do has far-reaching implications for British Columbia’s forestry and fisheries policies.

Apr 22, 2015 | 4,100 words, about 20 minutes

Hugh and the Boobies

Like characters in a soap opera, boobies on a remote Mexican island cheat, kill, and jostle for power. One devoted researcher has been there to witness the antics—making some surprising realizations about our own behavior along the way.

Apr 22, 2015 | 2,300 words, about 11 minutes