EnvironmentAugust 3, 2012
Senators Fiddle While Deep Ocean Temperatures Rise
Election 2012: Grading Obama and Romney on Science
Scientific American evaluates the scientific merit of the presidential candidates' proposed policies
EnvironmentJuly 26, 2012
Advances in Science Drive Economic Growth
EnvironmentJuly 19, 2012
What Do Obama and Romney Know about Science? And Why It Matters
EnvironmentJune 27, 2012
North Carolina Sea Level Rises Despite State Senators
Less than two weeks after the state's senate passed a climate science-squelching bill, research shows that sea level along the coast between N.C. and Massachusetts is rising faster than anywhere on Earth
Society & PolicyFebruary 15, 2011
Obama's 2012 Budget Resists Research Cuts
Increases for science and technology in the 2012 US budget prioritize innovation over reductions in the national deficit.
TechnologyDecember 21, 2010
FCC Ends Net Neutrality Debate (for Now) by Passing Its Open Internet Order
The controversial measure will let broadband providers prioritize Internet content, but detractors say the government is fixing something that is not broken
March 25, 2009
Drilling the Arctic for Energy: Does tapping Alaskan oil to increase energy independence come at our peril?
Plans to greatly expand fossil-fuel exploration and retrieval in the Far North are raising environmentalists' hackles
Mind & BrainOctober 29, 2008
Voting Affected by Implicit Beliefs
People's deeply held beliefs may contradict what they think they believe--and can affect the choices they make in the voting booth. Steve Mirsky reports