What's Up at the 2015 Large Hadron Collider

10/27/15 A report on the 2015 experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, now at unprecedented 13 TeV energy. Tulika Bose

Galileo and the Science Deniers

09/14/21 Today scientific information is available to all, yet misinformation and denialism abound. Galileo's famous struggle for truth centuries ago is highly relevant today. Mario Livio

Mass Extinctions

04/09/19 What caused Earth's five mass extinctions --and most important--are we headed for a sixth? Andrew Knoll

Antarctic Fishes: Models for Climate Change and Human Disease

07/09/13 the unique "antifreeze" blood and skeletal mutations of the Antarctic Icefishes provide insights into both climate change adaptations and human disease. H. William Detrich, III

What Arctic Caves Reveal about Ancient Climate Cycles

06/14/16 Arctic caves contain precise geological records of ancient ice-ages and subsequent melts that help scientists predict the effects of the present permafrost thaw. Jeremy Shakun

Earthquakes!

03/16/10 Earthquakes occur somewhere, every day. Can they be predicted, and if so, how? Colleen Dalton

How Delayed Release of Industry Data on Chemical Toxicity Impacts Health

08/21/18 Producers of perfluorinated alkylate substances (PFAS) withheld for decades the facts about the health and environmental threats of these ubiquitous toxins. Philippe Grandjean

Virus vs Host: An Enduring Battle

02/14/23 Viruses must appropriate the DNA/RNA of living cells in order to survive. The battle between viruses and cell defenses is a classic example of the epic struggles that characterize Nature. John Connor

Carbon Capture and Conversion

07/19/21 A carbon capture innovation that can produce useful, products, including non-polluting transportation fuels. Sami Khan

Innovations in Clean Water Technology

12/20/11 Desalination offers a solution to the water shortage problem... John Lienhard V

Today's Featured Contributors

Featured Author

H. William Detrich, Ph.D.

Two textbooks by an international expert on Arctic biology and genetics

Featured Guest

Susan Heideman

A very original artist who is much interested in the kinship between art and science