There is an urgent effort to locate microbe candidates for new antibiotics. Here's why the search and cultivation are so difficult.
A combination of climate change, commercial fishing, and trade now threaten basic health in many developing nations
An explanation of how modern genetics analysis confirms ancient human migrations, such as the Indo-Europeans
An international authority on the dual impacts of climate change and environmental destruction discusses the urgent need for a restorative development policy.
Many of the most important advances in scientific understanding were initially rejected or ignored.
In an era of global science, other nations are increasing their science budgets. Why aren't we?
Stars formed in clusters in the huge clouds that became the early galaxies...
The fine line between animate and inanimate, and between quasi-life and life. ....
The correct interpretation of light spectra from stars was presented by a young researcher whose evidence was initially rejected.
Max Tegmark discusses the topic of his book: the multiverse and how reality is mathematical
A visionary approach to teaching, learning --and discovering-- mathematics
The author of "Our Robots, Ourselves" discusses the limits of robot autonomy
Cells make decisions that turn out to be random. Professor Kondev explains the implications of that surprising discovery.
A visit to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to learn how researchers investigate the dynamic relationship between oceans and climate
What triggers the sudden massive plankton blooms that we depend on?
Can bioelectric signals in cells be exploited for regeneration of limbs and tissue?
Many nations prohibit GMO foods, but the US doesn't even require labeling. What can science tell us about GMOs?
What we can do to speed up the transition to renewable energy, despite Big Oil's well funded resistance
The cooling systems of power plants use an enormous percentage of our diminishing freshwater supply. What's the solution?
Outstanding resources on the relationship between physics, history and culture
A researcher whose award-winning work on the origin of life receives a great deal of attention
