Stories by Katie Worth

Subverting Climate Science in the Classroom

Oil and gas representatives influence the standards for courses and textbooks, from kindergarten to 12th grade

Behind Tomorrow's Telescopes: A Bitter Rivalry from Yesterday

Old grudges between three teams of astronomers have threatened the survival of ground-based astronomy's boldest, biggest projects

World’s Largest Telescope Faces Opposition from Native Hawaiian Protesters

Construction has begun on the Thirty Meter Telescope, despite continuing opposition by cultural and environmental activists

NASA May Put a Greenhouse on the Red Planet

Mustardlike plants could be the first Earthlings to call Mars home if NASA decides to let them hitch a ride on the next rover

Master of Long-Distance Aviation Loses Ground

The first bird being considered for endangered species protections due to climate change migrates 30,000 kilometers a year

Argentina and Chile Decide Not to Leave It to Beavers [Slide Show]

Importing the incisor-toothed hydrologists from Canada to the southernmost tip of South America seemed like a good idea in 1946, but it wasn’t

When Scientists Are Mad about Each Other

Science couples who overcame the two-body problem collaborate in the lab and the home

Titan's Seas Get an Earthly Stand-in as Robot Explores Chilean Lake

The Planetary Lake Lander is testing autonomous exploration technologies for a future mission to Saturn’s most intriguing moon

What Did the U.S. Economic Stimulus Do for Science?

Remember that $800 billion Uncle Sam spent during the Great Recession? Here are some of the consequences

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 36, Experiment Ends!

Stepping into the Twilight Zone: Day 33, or, Curiosity Killed by a Cosmic Ray

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 29, or God in Outer Space

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 25, or A Walk Through Santiago's Witching Hour

“The witching hour, someone had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.” Roald Dahl, “The BFG,” about five minutes before the protagonist is kidnapped by a giant.As a kid I was obsessed with this idea of a witching hour, a time when, I imagined, every person living in my town, everyone I’d ever met and everyone they’d ever met, would be simultaneously asleep...

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 22 on Mars Time Meteoric Changes to the Earth Day, as Told by a Thousand Tired Decisions

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 18, Cuddle Cafes and the Dangers of Dozing

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 15 on Mars Time, or, Adventures in Extraplanetary Day Drinking

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 11 on Mars Time, in Which I Give Myself Cancer

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 8 on Mars Time, aka Camping on Mars (Time)

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 4 on Mars Time, aka Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Step into the Twilight Zone: Day 1