Popularity is In Your Genes
The size and structure of a person's social network have roots in DNA
Environment9422 articles archived since 1845
U.S. Energy Corridors Could Disrupt Climate Change Research
Conservation groups challenge Bush-era "energy corridors" that threaten wilderness areas, including a long-term ecological study site
Exotic Solar Cells Get Cheaper
New process cuts cost of copper indium diselenide fabrication
Endangered Species Get Iced in Museum DNA Repository
Genetic information from species on National Park Service land that are threatened with extinction will now be frozen and stored for future research at the American Museum of Natural History...
Endangered Species Get Iced in Museum DNA Repository
Genetic information from species on National Park Service land that are threatened with extinction will now be frozen and stored for future research at the American Museum of Natural History...
The Good News: A New Monkey Is Discovered; The Bad News: It Is Already at Risk
Construction projects could soon harm the Amazonian habitats of a tiny tamarin
Do Parents Matter?
A researcher argues that peers are much more important than parents, that psychologists underestimate the power of genetics, and that we have a lot to learn from Asian classrooms
Did China's Nuclear Tests Kill Thousands and Doom Future Generations?
Radioactive clouds hung over villagers as China detonated nuclear bombs in the air for four decades
Severe Weather Psychology, Part 2
A psychology PhD student from the University of Sheffield shares her initial observations on how well local people understand the behavior of tornadoes. Christie Nicholson reports
Desert storm: Satellite spots dust storm that choked Iraq
A vicious sandstorm blew across Iraq on Sunday as NASA's Earth-observing Aqua satellite passed 438 miles (705 kilometers) overhead.
Climate Battle Underway in Senate
The Obama adminstration sends its top guns to testify
Observing Others' Self-Control Can Sap Your Own
How your peers' goals and efforts trick your brain
Could Animal Surveillance Have Seen Swine Flu Coming?
The surveillance of animals for new flu viruses has lagged behind preparations for the human pandemics that can be caused by the bugs
Severe Weather Psychology, Part 1
Jacqui Wilmshurst, a PhD psychology student at the University of Sheffield, is spending summer in the field studying human reactions to severe weather and tornadoes. In this special longer-than-usual episode, she shares her initial findings...
Who's to Blame? Making Poor Nations Share the Cost of Fighting Climate Change
A proposal to set international carbon-reduction targets based on the distribution of one billion "high emitters" in both developed and developing countries
Hybrid Solar Cells Shine
Utilities betting more on "concentrating photovoltaic cells"
Forensic Tools Battle Ivory Poachers
The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory is now worse than it was at its peak in the 1980s. New forensic tools based on DNA analysis can help stop the cartels behind this bloody trade...
Animals of the Disappearing Mangroves
As mangrove forests shrink worldwide, a menagerie of specially adapted animals that depend on them are at risk, too
Animals of the Disappearing Mangroves
As mangrove forests shrink worldwide, a menagerie of specially adapted animals that depend on them are at risk, too
Some Species Rebound, But More Become Endangered
Black-footed ferrets, Mongolian horses return; Japanese sea lion, Caribbean monk seal gone
