The AIDS Funding Dilemma
In the "AIDS exceptionalism" debate, emotions run high, and the options are difficult: Shift some AIDS funding to other care, or find billions in new support.
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Can Hurricanes Be Predicted Decades in Advance?
The rapidly growing field of paleotempestology lays the foundation for reliable hurricane predictions a decade or more into the future.
The Science of Green Microbes
Terry Hazen finds, studies and then uses microbes to clean up pollution deep underground, to refine oil before it is pumped and to produce the next generation of green fuels. He catches alligators sometimes, too. ...
Triumph of the Cyborg Composer
David Cope's software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that?
Social Scientists Under Fire
How anthropology and other social sciences are transforming the American way of war in Afghanistan.
The Revolution Will Be Mapped
GIS mapping technology is helping underprivileged communities get better services — from education and transportation to health care and law enforcement — by showing exactly what discrimination looks like.
The Dirt on Climate Change
Could soil engineered specifically to maximize carbon storage dampen some effects of climate change? Very possibly.
Fishing for Answers in Alaska
Can the unusual politics, economics and culture of the Alaskan salmon trade serve as a model for sustainable world fisheries?