Robert Halpern, a lawyer and lifelong resident of the East Village, has petitioned the state’s Liquor Authority to quit handing out so many liquor licenses in his neighborhood. Particularly nefarious ...

Energy powers everything we do, and for most of humanity's 300,000-year history, that energy has come from boring old biomass. Grains, nuts, berries, and meat fueled our muscles. Wood burned in fires.

Out in the countryside of rural America, you can find all sorts of attractions that are too-good-to-be-true. One of the most ubiquitous sights are bottomless pits, which in reality usually only go ...