Conjoining the Twin Cities

How transit-oriented development projects in Hubli-Dharwad, India, are making commutes faster and more sustainable than ever Nestled in the uplands of southwestern India, the twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad sit 22 kilometers apart. Together, they make up one of the most populous urban areas in the state of Karnataka, but all siblings have their…

Is North America Actually Losing Its Birds?

A deeper look into a groundbreaking study and how its most significant finding might be its least reliable. When Brian McGill, a macroecologist at the University of Maine, read a groundbreaking study in Science about the deaths of 3 billion North American birds, a small piece of text caught his eye (Schulson, 2019). Amidst the…