This week on Possibly we weigh the different methods of recycling glass: single-stream, multi-stream and bottle bills. Could switching to a different recycling system make more sense for your ...

After a powerful heatwave swept across the northeast last week, Possibly turned to its archive, looking for lessons about how to better prepare for extreme heat. We travel to Ahmedabad, India to learn ...

Luis Hernandez: It was Feb. 20, 2003, when a fire broke out in the Station nightclub in West Warwick. The hard rock band Great White was performing when pyrotechnics lit part of the ceiling on fire, ...

Electric eels can create shocks of up to 860 volts, can humans harness that electricity? Credit: Alex Zakletsky / Wikimedia Commons Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like ...

Over the last half decade, wholesale electricity prices have increased 267% in places close to data centers. That’s contributed to a backlash against new ones. But some experts believe data centers ...

On Tuesday, January 7th, the Providence City Council turned its chambers into an impromptu warming center. Credit: Nina Sparling / The Public's Radio Durell Parker arrived at Providence City Hall last ...

Medical residents at Rhode Island Hospital have won their union with 94% of the vote. Medical residents with Brown University Health, formerly called Lifespan, have formed a doctors’ union at Rhode ...

DCYF removed all children from St. Mary's Home for Children earlier this year following reports of abuse and neglect at the facility. Credit: The Public's Radio/File photo The board of directors of St ...

The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved an assault weapon bill that left both gun-rights advocates and some gun-safety supporters feeling disappointed. The bill, an amended ...

The French team Les Reines du Foot (dressed in red and white, they call themselves the “queens of soccer”) take on the green-and-white-clad Vuka Soweto team (Vuka means “wake up” in Zulu) from South ...

Brigadier General Andrew J. Chevalier is a North Kingstown native. Credit: Rhode Island National Guard This year, Governor Dan McKee named U.S. Army Brigadier General Andrew J. Chevalier the new ...

As is often the case, the results from Smith Hill this year are something of a mixed bag. Lawmakers approved the first significant overhaul since 1976 of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, ...