Stories by Paul Voosen

International Paper and MeadWestvaco are planning to transform plantation forests of the southeastern U.S. by replacing native pine with genetically engineered eucalyptus

Markers, knockouts and other technical advances improve breeding without modifying genes

Industry experts argue old reactors could last another 50 years, or more.

It's the limited life span of batteries that keeps robots from being more widely available

Ongoing negotiations on an international agreement continue to face significant disagreement

European regulations on greenhouse gas emissions mean the U.S. airline industry may be the first to face climate change regulation

The lack of good information on global soils is hampering efforts to improve agriculture and combat climate change

Scientists try to block the bug's genes--or harden the trees

Motors, TVs, refrigerators all must improve

Solar-thermal plants throughout the desert would send power across the Mediterranean Sea

"Metal organic frameworks" look like rocks, act like sponges

To contain U.S. disease outbreaks spread by prairie dogs to ferrets, it's Kazakhstan's giant gerbils to the rescue