Science Archives

Environment

Scientists Take Charles Darwin on the Road

A posse of evolutionary scientists traveled to the heart of America to share their excitement about science on the birthday of Charles Darwin. This is their story.

Craig McClain

Environment

Comet Theory Comes Crashing to Earth

An elegant archaeological hypothesis, under fire for results that can’t be replicated, may ultimately come undone.

Rex Dalton

Environment

Researchers Re-Open Their Minds to Psychedelic Drugs

A raft of potentially therapeutic pharmaceuticals got left on the shelf in the backlash against the 1960s recreational drug explosion. Researchers are raising their own consciousness about which psychedelics might have real value.

Sam Kornell

Environment

New Dinosaur Gets a Rather Large Name

As if being wiped out by a meteor wasn't degrading enough, a charismatic dinosaur discovered in Utah gets a less-than-flattering name.

Matt Palmquist

Social Justice

Can Biosecurity Go Global?

Outside the U.S., biological labs follow few if any security regulations. A Sandia National Laboratory team works to help those labs prevent deadly microbe releases, accidental and deliberate.

Megan Scudellari

Education

Petroleum Engineering Shows U.S. Students’ Hidden Prowess

American students' behavior defies the prevailing stereotype when looking at how they flock to the hot field of petroleum engineering.

Beryl Lieff Benderly

Environment

Bedbugs Have Evolved to Live With Mankind

The rise of bedbugs has followed the rise of mankind living indoors; their latest resurgence illustrates the survival of the fittest.

Rob Dunn

Environment

An Anti-Science Mania Takes Over GOP

Being vocally anti-science has become a defining mark of a current style of politics, an intentional ignorance that recalls the Scopes Monkey Trial, argues law professor Robert Benson.

Robert Benson