Chernobyl: Can Wildlife Return After the Blast?
For 30 years we have assumed that no life would return to Chernobyl after the nuclear disaster there. We may be wrong.
Next stop for the New Horizons Spacecraft: The Kuiper Belt
New Horizons, the NASA probe deployed to visit Pluto, has begun a new mission: visit the Kuiper belt, a region beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Head Transplants: A History
The first human head transplant is scheduled for 2017. But the possibility of transplants has transfixed scientists for most of the last century.
Why Hasn’t China Won a Nobel in Science Until Now?
Despite a long tradition of scientific inquiry and study, no Chinese scientist has won the coveted Nobel Prize. Until now. We try to understand why.
Your Green Lawn is Harming the Environment
Americans go to desperate measures to keep their lawns manicured and green. But is it worth the environmental cost?
Read MacArthur “Genius” Grant Winner Beth Stevens’ Work on JSTOR
Beth Stevens was awarded the heralded "genius" grant for her work on microglia, the specialized nervous system cells.
The Canals of Mars
We now know there's liquid water on Mars, according to NASA. But at the turn of the 20th century, we believed something else: that Mars had canals.
We’re Down to Half the Fish in the Sea
Since the 1970s, half of the world's fish population has disappeared. We trace the history of this ecological disaster.
Public Policy at the Limits of Science
Stefan Böschen and Kevin C. Elliot discuss how science is often misused by policy-makers, adversely affecting public awareness and disciplinary credibility.
The Ecological Impact of a Border Wall
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a large border wall. We look at the damage a wall would create for the surrounding ecology.