Republicans Seek Big Cuts in Environmental Rules
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
Republicans have loaded a House appropriations bill with provisions to severely curtail environmental oversight.
Chemists and biologists are trying to generate the Frankensteinian spark that will jump the gap separating the inanimate and the animate.
Republicans have loaded a House appropriations bill with provisions to severely curtail environmental oversight.
Scientists investigating the dynamics of elephant society in Namibia hope that analyzing vibrotactile elephant vocalizations will lead to improved hearing aids for humans.
A small water utility in California sued to challenge the wealthy farming interests that dominate two of the country’s largest water banks.
A coalition of 29 universities will reach out to telecommunications companies for suggestions and to corporations for business ideas.
A small but growing number of field biologists study urban evolution — the biological changes that cities bring to the wildlife that inhabits them.
A wealth of snow leopard images has helped estimate population numbers, identify individuals and track migrations.
Multiple universes are all the rage these days, and the new film “Another Earth” explores those crisscrossing worlds.
A computer scientist discovered that a form of cryptography, believed to have been invented in the 20th century, actually has older roots.
Scientists have calculated that if people address certain risks, a significant number of Alzheimer’s cases could be prevented, with the operative word being “could.”
Research increasingly suggests that men and women experience grief in different ways, and the realization has bolstered a nascent movement of bereavement groups geared to men throughout the country.
“The Exultant Ark” examines animal pleasure, with surprising, funny, touching, sad, heartwarming pictures by photographers from all over the world.
An interactive timeline of the 135 space shuttle missions.
An interview with the neuroscientist in charge of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, who also happens to be the great-granddaughter of Leon Trotsky.
Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence.
New tools adopted by ecologists from other fields are adding fresh perspectives to old questions, like "Why do pollinators visit certain flowers?"
Bears are prowling broader areas of the West in closer contact with people than ever, prompting research on bear behavior and how tolerant we are willing to be as humans.
The eco-ideology known as permaculture has entered the mainstream.
Researchers have found dome-shaped volcanic deposits that measure half a mile to three miles across on the Moon.
Some dolphins use marine basket sponges to forage for food because it allows them to uncover prey undiscoverable by echolocation.
The study could be foreshadowing the effect of climate change on Earth, its lead author says.
Why do some people become seasick while others on the same boat do not?
Many rashes result from a photosensitivity reaction, a combination of the sun’s UVA radiation and exposure to a drug, perfume or another substance.
Though colds and other respiratory ailments are caused by viruses, not cold temperatures, there is some evidence that air-conditioning may contribute in some small way to such illnesses.
A foundation tries an innovative approach to finding places to use its money to foster progress -- through innovation.
Joshua Zucker returns with a lemonade stand paradox.