This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. For more than 100 million years, trees have dropped their leaves every fall, creating a protective layer of ...

The challenge before Johns Hopkins University engineering students: Take a leaf blower, but make it quiet. Make it work as powerfully as ever, but do not allow it to emit the ear-piercing caterwaul ...

You rush over to the laptop in your home office, drop into your seat, and tap into a Teams or Zoom meeting. Inevitably, that's the cue for the neighbor's landscaping crew to show up. On go the leaf ...

GREENWICH — The low frequency and loud buzzing of gas-powered leaf blowers may be the reason why the town of Greenwich further restricts their use. The town currently restricts use to certain times of ...