EnvironmentSeptember 21, 2015
Volkswagen Uses Software to Fool EPA Pollution Tests
EPA charges that the German automaker installed emissions-control software designed to work only during tests
Society & Policy
The SciencesSeptember 18, 2015
Teenage Clockmaker Upholds Long Scientific Tradition
As Daniel Boorstin, former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of History, once put it, clockmakers were the "pioneer scientific instrument makers"
The Young American Scientists Issue—Read Now
EnvironmentSeptember 17, 2015
Republican Candidates Acknowledge Climate Change Is Real
Unlike past elections, global warming may emerge as a significant policy issue in the 2016 campaign
EnvironmentSeptember 17, 2015
Republican Candidates Questioned on Climate Change
What do the would-be presidents think about global warming?
EnvironmentSeptember 15, 2015
Global Warming Casts Shadow over Oil Leasing on Public Lands
To fight climate change such leases might have to cease
HealthSeptember 14, 2015
Vexed Issue of Gene Editing to Be Tackled by International Experts
Scientists from the U.S., China and Britain will come together to discuss the future of the technique, which holds great promise for treating diseases
EnvironmentSeptember 14, 2015
The World Really Could Go Nuclear
Nothing but fear and capital stand in the way of a nuclear-powered future
The SciencesSeptember 11, 2015
Lessons from Killer Snails: A Q&A with Biologist Mande Holford
EnvironmentSeptember 11, 2015
Melting Antarctica Could Drown Coasts Much Sooner Than You Thought
Antarctica will suffer a major meltdown if we continue to burn fossil fuels at the present pace
EnvironmentSeptember 10, 2015
Rising Sea Levels May Limit New Orleans Adaptation Efforts
New Orleans sees that even modern engineering cannot eliminate flooding risk
Space & PhysicsSeptember 10, 2015
NASA Struggles over Deep-Space Plutonium Power
Sluggish production of nuclear fuel could make solar power the preferred choice for the agency’s outer-planets missions
The SciencesSeptember 9, 2015
From Waste to Wealth: A Q&A with Agricultural Engineer Noble Banadda