Society & Policy

Lessons from the social sciences about recruiting women into STEM fields

A tax on carbon is the most “elegant” solution to climate change

Terrorism is tough to study, but researchers have gleaned insights from the current generation of Islamist extremists

This week I’m going to cover some of the high profile hacks that have happened recently, including Lastpass, Kaspersky and the White House’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM). My hope is that by learning more, you can avoid being hacked, stay more secure and know what to do if you have been hacked

The world’s two largest polluters have been team players at the climate talks in Paris

Just how sensitive is Earth's climate to increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide?

New techniques that could make germ-line genetic engineering unprecedentedly easy are forcing policy makers to confront the ethical implications of moving forward

What was accomplished—or not—during two decades of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summits

President Obama and other world leaders urged action to combat global warming

Inaction on climate 'could see rise of 6 degrees Celsius' 

Have questions about the climate talks? Here are eight answers that may help

Moral conviction, backed by facts, could finally inspire global action