Society & Policy

The new leader of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change replaces Rajendra Pachauri

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries of a medication against roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria. Some 3.4 billion people are at risk for the diseases these drugs treat
 

From prison time to the intricacies of transporting the prize itself, this award can be rife with complications

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their studies leading to novel therapies against infections caused by roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her work developing a novel therapy against malaria

A popular critique of a voyage to the stars reveals the hazards of becoming hoodwinked by tragically misconstrued “pathological technologies” that promise us possibilities impossible to realize

The blockbuster film’s futuristic vision of interplanetary exploration could soon be out of date

Renewables will help the country power up with less pollution

Social psychologist Philip Tetlock answers questions about his new book Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction.

China, Russia and the U.S. are developing and testing controversial new capabilities to wage war in Earth orbit

What the co-founder of the Future of Life Institute thinks about the rise of AI

Contraceptives such as IUDs work best, but insurers often block access

Countries have not pledged to cut enough to restrain global warming