California’s Delta Water Blues
Can California build the new water system experts say it needs — before an earthquake brings the levees down?
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Why Victims Face the Criminals Who Hurt Them
Some crime victims find their only real healing comes from a face-to-face meeting with the criminals who hurt them. Can research into this counterintuitive process help more victims regain control of their lives?
Bacteria ‘R’ Us
Emerging research shows that bacteria have powers to engineer the environment, to communicate and to affect human well-being. They may even think.
A Day in the Life of a Sleepy Student
They'll have better attendance, wreck fewer cars and be more agreeable. All we have to do is let high school students sleep in.
Ocean Carbon Sequestration: The World’s Best Bad Idea
Putting carbon dioxide in the ocean is a terrible way to deal with climate change. Maybe we should do it.
Resurrecting the Dead Sea
An extraordinary plan to revive the Dead Sea could ease tensions among Israel, Palestine and Jordan. Or it could create an environmental disaster.
K Street and the Status Quo
An unprecedented 10-year study's surprising verdict: The real outcome of most lobbying is ... nothing. Until the right party or person comes to power.
The Best Fiscal Stimulus: Trust
How the potent hormone of empathy, oxytocin, is shaking up the field of economics.
Snakeheads: the Asian Fish That Terrified Arkansas
How a government team called Operation Mongoose tried to get rid of the invasive northern snakehead by poisoning 400 miles of Arkansas waterways.
Can Tourism Be Sustainable?
With Machu Picchu literally sinking into the ground, Peru looks for authentic, eco-friendly ways to grow its travel sector.