Society & Policy

The largest meteorite in the Americas, along with some 30 related craters, is located on farmland in Argentina, but the specimens are being illegally taken

Modern science can challenge the long-held belief that the judicial system is fair and impartial

Ornithologist Eduardo Inigo-Elias, senior research associate with the conservation science program at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, talks about the challenges of studying migratory birds and how improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba will help his field   

Religious dogma compromises Pope Francis's call for action on climate change by rejecting key solutions

The pope’s encyclical Laudato Si warns of global warming's human causes and grave implications

NASA’s former director of astrophysics plans to revolutionize space science with agile, privately funded missions

As governor of Wisconsin, the likely Republican presidential nomination-seeker consistently dismissed science and sided with polluters

The latest in ProPublica’s “Killing the Colorado” series looks inside the power plant fueling America’s drought

Did you know it's Pollinators Week? Find out what you can do to help our wonderful pollinators. 

Condeming one man's sexist comments is not enough; we also need to affect broader change for women in science

The British Nobel Prize-winner has complained that he's been treated unfairly, but it is the women he insulted that deserve sympathy and support

U.S. agencies hope the spectacle will raise public awareness of the growing elephant slaughter