China is restoring a Belgium-sized area of grasslands every year. The effort could transform both local ecosystems and the lives of traditional herders who call them home.

Is Chinese or English more efficient to read? Studies and anecdotes offer mixed results: one suggests Chinese is faster, another says it’s the same. What do you think?

China just started building the world’s largest dam in Tibet, alarming its neighbors India and Bangladesh, and reigniting a century-old debate: power vs. preservation. Similarly, in the US, from Hetch Hetchy to the Klamath, rivers have long been shaped by human ambition. But sometimes, they run free again.