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How to find lost objects: 6 techniques that really work

We asked visual search scientists, a metal-detecting enthusiast and a detective to share the most effective strategies to find missing objects.

LimnoTech Mechanical Engineer Zach Gorder (l) and Project Scientist Greg Cutrell (r) remove obstructions from the surfaces of sensors on a buoy in Lake Erie.

Building a Smart Lake Erie Watershed

Water quality sensors in Lake Erie are being networked to make more data accessible to researchers and government agencies, as well as the public.

Grace Bisch holds a picture of her stepson Eddie Bisch, who died from an overdose, while protesting during oral arguments Dec. 4 at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court's ruling on June 26 upended a proposed nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin. Members of the Sackler family, who owned the company, will have to negotiate a new settlement for lawsuits over the impact of opioids.

Supreme Court overturns opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma that shielded Sacklers

Relatives of overdose victims felt uncertainty and frustration after the Supreme Court overturned a controversial settlement with Purdue. It could delay funds for communities battling addiction.

Álvaro Enciso places crosses at sites where migrants are known to have died in the borderland, this cross represents the death of Nolberto Torres-Zayas just east of Arivaca, Arizona on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Torres-Zayas died of hyperthermia in 2009, not far from a Humane Borders water cache that had been vandalized and drained.

Is it easy for migrants to enter the U.S.? We went to the border to find out

Morning Edition spoke to migrants hoping to enter the U.S. and the border agents tasked with keeping them out.

Judge pauses Trump's federal funding freeze as confusion and frustration spread

A federal judge has paused a sweeping new plan from the Trump administration to halt categories of federal spending.

The latest college campus freebies? Naloxone and fentanyl test strips

The teen fentanyl crisis is following students onto college campuses. Here's what students and staff are doing about it.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says easy access to birth control has become more critical since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Whitmer: Directive will make it easier for women to get birth control

A state policy will make it easier for women to access many common types of birth control without a visit to the doctor’s office. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the policy Monday during a visit to Flint.

In some Michigan cities, nonprofits have filled gaps in city services. Is that a good thing?

What happens with a cash-strapped city loses its grip on the ability to govern and provide basic services for residents?New research from Michigan State…

Vice President Vance is going to Greenland this week. The itinerary has shifted

Second lady Usha Vance announced on Sunday that she would visit Greenland and watch the territory's famed dogsled race. But now the vice president is joining, and they'll go to a U.S. base instead.

Sanford Dam has undergone work to repair damage caused by 2020 failure (file photo)

Judge turns down homeowner lawsuit challenging special assessment to rebuild Edenville and Sanford dams

The Edenville and Sanford dams failed in 2020. The dam failures also left many lakefront property owners without lakes.

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