Thor Benson

Heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S. And we’re closer than ever to stopping it in its tracks.

There’s a way to reduce carbon emissions that doesn’t require gargantuan machinery.

Geothermal energy is clean, cheap, and efficient—so why don’t more homes use it?

Cars aren’t the only mode of transportation poised to get electrified.

Can we recreate the power of the sun here on Earth?

Seventy percent of Earth’s surface is water. What if we could use it to trap greenhouse gasses and stop the world from heating up?

A smaller, safer kind of reactor technology means we might see a resurgence in nuclear power.

Cloud-seeding tricks the atmosphere into making it rain. Some believe it’s the key to reversing future droughts—despite the big risks.

Renewable energy like solar and wind won’t go far unless they're supported by new battery technologies.

The country failed to come together during the pandemic. Can it come to together to stop climate change?