Stories by David Biello

The commissioner of the federal agency responsible for electricity supply in the U.S. explains the ongoing transformation of the energy sector

A majority of scientists who dispute global warming lack the climatological expertise to do so

It remains unclear what impact chemical dispersants will have on sea life--and only the massive, uncontrolled experiment being run in the Gulf of Mexico will tell

New York City--and other major metropolises around the globe--face an epic challenge in coping with the impacts of global warming

The oil spill will not just have an environmental impact--the catastrophe, along with efforts to stop it, may reshape the geography of Louisiana's Gulf coast

Microbial activity could end up exacerbating waters with little oxygen--as could the coating of oil

Synthetic biology remakes organisms, but can it bring inanimate matter to life?

The world's biggest particle collider might uncover new slices of space

In addition to reacting to news as it breaks, we work to anticipate what will happen. Here we contemplate 12 possibilities and rate their likelihood of happening by 2050

Bacteria and other microbes are the only thing that will ultimately clean up the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Scientists create the first microbe to live under the instruction of DNA synthesized in the lab

The short answer is everywhere--the sea surface, deep waters, the Gulf Coast, in deepwater corals and even as far as the Arctic