Malaria Vaccine Gives Debate Shot in the Arm
Once derided as the wrong path forward in fighting this mosquito-borne killer, a new malaria vaccine offers decent results and renewed hope.
Consistency Key to Renewable Energy Policy
A new report on funding renewable energy projects offers a primer on how policy decisions are best engineered to boost the industry.
Climate Optimist Revisits Failures of His ‘Wedges’ Paper
Robert Socolow, the co-author of an influential plan to reduce carbon emissions, revisits his work seven years later to understand why it failed.
Sweetener Death Match: Sugar vs. Syrup
The corn industry goes toe-to-toe with the sugar industry, for the use of the word "sugar."
Culturomics 2.0 Aims to Predict Future Events
By analyzing tens of millions of news stories, a supercomputer in Tennessee may be able to predict future human events.
California May Be Next to Limit Employer Credit Checks
A bill on the floor of the California Senate, if passed and signed, will limit employers' ability to conduct credit checks of non-managerial employees.
Library to Rediscover Aboriginal Languages
The State Library in Australia's New South Wales is putting forth a new project to preserve forgotten or endangered Aboriginal languages.
Solving Eco-challenges With Today’s Data
A new academic center at the University of Maryland promises to take undervalued research and synthesize it into answers for pressing environmental challenges.
Law Without (As Many) Lawyers
In a podcast conversation with law and economics professor Gillian Hadfield, she expounds on ways to bring more legal services to Americans without requiring vast new armies of expensive lawyers.
Vets With PTSD Awarded Higher Disability Benefits
A group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with PTSD in a class-action lawsuit settled with the U.S. government to increase their disability benefits.