Live Science • 3rd July 2025

Can adults make new brain cells? New study may finally settle one of neuroscience's greatest debates

Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing controversy in neuroscience.

Live Science • 12th June 2025

There's a new blood test for Alzheimer's. Here's everything you need to know.

In patients showing cognitive decline, a new blood test for Alzheimer's is expected to make diagnosis more convenient, accessible and inexpensive than other existing tests.

The Day • 31st May 2025

Composting: Good for the earth and town budgets

Keeping food & yard waste from the trash saves money, improves soil resiliency & cuts greenhouse gas emissions

The Day • 27th April 2025

Tick-borne terror: New London County has high rate of ticks, disease

The Day • 14th April 2025

Home energy-efficiency tax credits: secure or fleeting?

The Day • 30th March 2025

Trump's tariffs stymie renewable energy efforts in Connecticut

The Day • 24th March 2025

'Downwind' Connecticut responds to threatened EPA rollbacks of clean air & water protections

The Day • 8th March 2025

Neonics no-no: Poisonous insecticide threatens local waters, birds, pollinators

Can you imagine if the gummy vitamins you gave your children were weakening rather than strengthening their bodies? That’s what happens when songbirds such as eastern bluebirds, American robin and barn swallows give their baby birds caterpillars that contain a toxic insecticide called neonicotinoids — or neonics.

The Day • 16th February 2025

Recycling 101: Are you doing the right thing?

The Day • 2nd February 2025

From trash to ash: Following household garbage through eastern Connecticut

The Day • 15th January 2025

Oyster farming a boon to health of Long Island Sound

The Day • 21st December 2024

Rescuing Rocky Neck's endangered marsh

The Day • 20th November 2024

Millstone explores possibility of smaller-scale nuclear reactors

Small modular reactors, about one-third the size of traditional nuclear power plants, are designed to be installed and brought online three times faster with safety improvements based on nuclear accidents' lessons. State officials and Millstone's owners are monitoring the industry.

The Day • 15th September 2024

What’s the deal with heat pumps? A look at an emerging trend in heating and cooling

The Day • 11th August 2024

Wind farms: fishermen’s savior or demise?

The Day • 11th August 2024

Catch of the day evolves as climate changes local fishing grounds

The Day • 14th July 2024

Fighting the ‘insect apocalypse’ plant by plant

Connecticut’s worst invasive plants and natives that combat them

Landscape Architecture Magazine • 6th June 2024

A Bog for the Backyard

The rain garden's lesser-known cousin can absorb runoff and support biodiversity.

Northeast Meetings + Events • 19th December 2023

A Sustainable Touch

Put the environment first with these sustainability-oriented venues, planners, and programs.

Connecticut Magazine • 31st July 2023

Urban farmers in CT are leading the fight to feed areas lacking fresh produce