Stories by David Biello

West Nile is back; Chameleons live the fast life; The world is becoming happier; and more. . .

Industry scientists say bovine growth hormone can by reducing the number of greenhouse gas–emitting cows as it increases the remaining ruminants' output

Survey shows that profound mental changes induced by psilocybin have lasted for more than a year

Ecology -- Oncology -- Immunology -- Privacy

The U.S. Supreme Court capped damages for the Exxon Valdez oil spill at a fraction of what an Alaskan jury awarded

Brain plaque without Alzheimer's symptoms; Teaching computers to teach better; Sweet plan to save the Everglades; From fins to limbs; and more...

Surveys show French forests are changing in response to a warming climate

Taxonomists are cleaning up and adding to the book of life on hundreds of thousands of known marine species—from plankton to sperm whales

As a tuna conservation commission gathers this week to decide the fate of the yellowfin tuna, we check in with the author of Tuna: A Love Story about the future of the million-dollar fish: the bluefin tuna.

Weather patterns can permanently shift in as little as a year, according to the records preserved in an ice core from Greenland

Clone your dog; Stem cells help mend bones; Latrines cleaner than toilets; and more...

Paving over and farming on floodplains blamed for record floods in the Midwest

Voluntary efforts by manufacturers are beginning to eliminate some of the most toxic compounds in e-waste

A New Jersey resident generates and stores all the power he needs with solar panels and hydrogen

One-hundred-year floods are happening every 15 years or so

Pluto becomes just another plutoid; Predicting if coma patients will awaken; Brain protein stops alcoholism; and more...

Efforts to repair a giant breach in the stratosphere could also help slow global warming*

Satellite images from the last 35 years reveal sweeping environmental changes throughout Africa

Studies challenge the idea that human evolution recently accelerated

New spray-on explosives detector; Next-gen insect repellents; Salty water on Mars; and more...

New study ranks U.S. metropolitan areas based on their climate change-causing pollution

The contagious viral malady has left 42 children dead and infected 30,000 across Asia

Ban could save 37 million barrels of oil and alleviate "white pollution"