Society & Policy

Less ice will bring more drilling, more shipping—and even more melting

Recommendations from Scientific American

Critics say that change may be slow because large families are too pricey

But the United Nations find that more is needed to keep temperature rises in check

Only candidates trailing in the polls mentioned global warming

With no road map, a series of unrelated events leads to a life in science

Views about climate change and how to react vary widely from Trump to Carson to Clinton to Sanders

The basics of the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA)

Researchers have found the first direct evidence that coho salmon near U.S. Northwest cities are being killed by chemical runoff from roads and parking lots that reach streams

As Obama meets with Indonesia’s president, action on forests to combat climate change

Brief exposure to anesthetizing chemicals does not cause future neurological problems large study finds 

At the “Innovation: An American Imperative” symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development