Stories by Sasha Nemecek

One Good Pest Deserves Another

Insects are imported to kill an imported tree

Putting Bombs Away

A controversial exhibit about World War II is canceled

When Smog gets in your Eyes

Cooking, not cars, may explain much of Mexico City's pollution

Artistic Genes

Employment Blues: Nothing to do with being Green

Have a Heart

Tissue-engineered valves may offer a transplant alternative

I get no Kick from CH₃CH₂OH

A new treatment for alcoholism receives FDA approval

Sun Spotting the Difference

Not yet Elemental, my Dear Seaborg

The periodic table gains 110 and 111 --but no names

Science and Art on Stage

Poets and physicists grapple with models and metaphors

Out of the Lab and into the Fire

Two exhibits put science under the microscope

Holes in Ozone Science

Researchers look at loss of the protective layer above our heads

Bettering Batteries

Lithium cells are becoming safer and less weighty

Backfire

Could Prozac and Elavil promote tumor growth?