Bill Gates mind-maps. So do Jack Canfield, Deepak Chopra, and Al Gore. Leonardo da Vinci was the most famous mind-mapper of all, his visual style of note taking immortalized in his notebooks. Mind ...

Wildland firefighting continues to be a dangerous and often deadly occupation. And as climate extremes cause the American West to dry out and catch fire more often, with more disastrous consequences, ...

In any given place, zoning laws decide what we can build and where. There are estimated to be some 30,000 local governments in the U.S. that employ zoning laws, and they can be complex. “Sometimes 150 ...

How green is your neighborhood? It might be worth noticing. In cities, tree cover is one of the most visible indicators of neighborhood income, and vegetation density is directly tied to health ...

Parth, a seasoned tech writer, wields the keyboard (or pen) with finesse to unravel the intricacies of both Windows and Mac operating systems. He has covered evergreen content on mobile devices and ...

Want to know where and when different species of whales have been heard off the East Coast? A new interactive data-map enables anyone to delve into the details. Scientists at the Northeast Fisheries ...