EnvironmentApril 23, 2015
How to Misinterpret Climate Change Research
Research into the cooling impact of aerosols sends climate contrarians into a tailspin
Society & Policy
The SciencesApril 23, 2015
California Bill Would Ban Vaccination Opt Out Based on Personal Belief
Richard Pan, a pediatrician and state senator, discusses his bill pushing the elimination of parental belief exemptions from children’s school vaccination requirements
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EnvironmentApril 23, 2015
Australia's New Carbon Price Fails to Attract Big Polluters
The nation's Emissions Reduction Fund was set up as a cheaper way to cut its carbon emissions by 5 percent of 2000 levels by 2020, after the prime minister scrapped a controversial carbon tax in 2014
HealthApril 23, 2015
Advocacy Group Offers U.S. Testing for Herbicide Feared to Be Linked to Cancer
The public testing project will gather data on detectable levels of the weed-killer glyphosate in drinking water, human urine and breast milk
EnvironmentApril 23, 2015
Small Screen Looks at an Electrified America
Scientific American's David Biello hosts a new episode of the TV series Beyond the Light Switch, focusing on the means to and effects of a more electricity-powered country. Steve Mirsky reports
The SciencesApril 22, 2015
U.S. Earthquakes Pose Risk to Record 140 Million Americans
Previous publications had put the number of Americans subject to significant risks from earthquakes at about half the current estimate
HealthApril 22, 2015
Oil May Have Killed Gulf Dolphins
Mass deaths likely stemmed from the BP spill in 2010, researchers say
HealthApril 22, 2015
Chinese Scientists Genetically Modify Human Embryos
Rumors of germ line modification prove true and look set to reignite an ethical debate
EnvironmentApril 22, 2015
Can the U.S. Go All-Electric?
New homes wired with the latest smart gadgets cluster together around shared park spaces. Blue-black panels that transform sunshine into electricity grace a majority of roofs.
EnvironmentApril 22, 2015
What about Earth’s Microbiome?
The latest temperature readings from Antarctica are giving the world pause, along with the finding that 70 percent of the western Antarctic ice shelf has melted.
Space & PhysicsApril 22, 2015
Hubble Space Telescope Struggled to Get Off the Ground
The telescope’s chief scientist started work on the project in 1972, garnering support for the world's first telescope free of Earth's atmosphere's blurring effects
EnvironmentApril 22, 2015
Climate Change Is Coming for U.S. Energy Infrastructure
From impacts on power lines to pipelines, global warming looms large in U.S. future