Choosing things that can make you a happier person can help fight climate change. Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao argue that shifting climate action from guilt-driven sacrifice to joyful, high-leverage choices creates more sustainable and lasting habits

While it may seem bizarre to think that fires can just ignite spontaneously (which they can), or that someone was out there with a lighter just itching to set things ablaze, let's dive into why Ontario is on fire, and why our air was toxic for a few days here in Chautauqua County.

Lyme disease is most common in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, and upper-Midwest regions of the United States. While a doctoral student Katharine Walter at Yale School of Public Health describes, “the Lyme disease bacterium has long been endemic,” she said, “but the deforestation and subsequent suburbanization of much of New England and the Midwest created conditions for deer ticks—and the Lyme disease bacterium—to thrive.”