Stories by David Biello

Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the neural commotion that accompanies the spiritual epiphanies of nuns, Buddhists and other people of faith

The president says cutting greenhouse gas pollution should be a "long term goal"—but offers no hint of what that goal might be

Warmer waters in the deep Pacific triggered the end of the last ice age, preceding the rise in greenhouse gas levels

New Jersey-based NRG Energy applies to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.S. in more than 30 years

World leaders share their views and fears about climate change, but are split on what to do about it

The permanent Arctic ice cap dwindled to a record low this week, presaging a future of a summertime Northwest Passage and obscuring fog

Large amounts of solar-thermal electric supply may become a reality if steam storage technology works—and new transmission infrastructure is built

Endangered fish species may be preserved by manipulating more common species to produce them

Russia, China and India contain the most areas where toxic pollution and human habitation collide with devastating effects

A new method for analyzing fossilized shells confirms link between carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and warmer oceans

On average, one local breed of cattle, chickens, goats, pigs or sheep becomes extinct each month

Immigrants likely proved more powerful than central rulers in shaping ancient metropolis in Syria

By providing wrong but matching views and feelings, scientists mentally "teleport" people outside their own bodies

The zircon in imitation diamonds proves the best way to preserve more than four-billion-year-old versions of the real thing

Researchers have perfected a method of taking a small sample of incoming sewage at a water treatment plant and extracting the record of local drug use

By digging small ponds on farms in Malawi, researchers have cut malnutrition in children in half—and have provided a nutritional boost to families struggling with HIV/AIDS

Your first encounter with "better" living through nanotechnology may be your sunscreen

A belt of monitors girdling the Atlantic reveal that its currents are fickle

There is a reason cats prefer meaty wet food to dry kibble, and disdain sugar entirely

By surrounding carbon nanotubes with cellulose, researchers have devised a flexible, paper-thin power source