The Evolution of Anti-Evolution Laws
A biologist uses Darwin's theory to understand the history of creationist "academic freedom" and "science education" laws.
Mexico’s National Soda Tax Is Raising Prices
But whether Mexicans will drink less soda in the long term—and whether a similar law in Berkeley, California, will work at all—remains to be seen.
War and Peace … and International Trade
Dense trade networks that formed in the years after World War II may explain a startling decline in war over the same period.
Climate Change and Erosion Are Killing the Tangier Islands
The culturally significant Chesapeake Bay islands have lost two-thirds of their land since 1850, and could vanish altogether by 2070, an Army Corp of Engineers study finds.
New Jersey’s Eyewitness Testimony Instructions Work … Sort of
The state's jury instructions—including a crash course in the psychology of memory—make jurors more skeptical of eyewitness testimony, but not more discerning.
Here’s What Americans Think About the Environment
It's a little more complicated than "for" and "against."
Climate Change Could Cost More Than We Thought
Taking better account of impacts on the world's poor—not just the world's poorest regions—suggests the impacts could be worse than earlier projections.
The Nature of Crime and Community
New research links contact with nature to community cohesion and a reduced crime rate.