Roseville, Calif., is a city dedicated to its park system. In a state where park land is as much a part of new development as paved streets, Roseville requires that developers set aside double the ...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Water-mist fire suppression systems aren't just for ships—they are increasingly used in land-based applications, such as historic buildings and hospitals. But are they the equivalent ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A few months ago, my water bill was so high I was certain my water lines had been secretly tapped to fill neighborhood pools. I called my water department.

As her longtime life partner and co-director Beth Stephens puts it in the second documentary they’ve made together, “There’s a reason her name is Annie Sprinkle.” This loving duo leads their audience ...

Snow covers a large front yard in front of a gray house - tab62/Shutterstock When freezing winter weather rolls in, you must prepare your home to avoid damage. This includes learning how to winterize ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Even though we had a smattering of late spring rainstorms, the threat of drought still looms large in California. Here we go again with water-saving tips. But seriously, we always should be following ...

Physicists are fascinated with heady puzzles, from the nature of space and time to how the universe came to be. But spinning lawn sprinklers? Yes, that too. A new experiment provides an answer to a ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Titan is burning and its inhabitants need your help to put out the fires! One brave little Titan, Ouie, has built a giant water cannon to combat a storm of fiery asteroids sweeping ...