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Future Is Grim for Southwestern U.S. Forests
Combine the tree-ring growth record with historical information, climate records, and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you...
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Climate Change May Shrink Fish
Fish species are expected to shrink in size by up to 24% because of global warming, say scientists. Researchers...
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Encounters With the God Particle
The Higgs boson, the pope, and the curious interaction between organized religion and big science.
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The Marketplace in Your Brain
Neuroscientists have found brain cells that compute value. Why are economists ignoring them?
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Scientists Not Immune From Gender Bias
Hypothesis: Scientists have a superior ability to root out gender bias in their labs because they are trained to...
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Stanford Bioengineers Introduce ‘Bi-Fi’ — The Biological Internet
Using an innocuous bacterial virus, bioengineers have created a biological mechanism to send genetic messages from cell to cell....
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Predatory Bacterial Crowdsourcing
Move forward. High-five your neighbor. Turn around. Repeat. That’s the winning formula of one of the world’s smallest predators,...
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In Bolivian Amazon, a Yardstick for Modern Health
There seems to be little that distinguishes the indigenous Tsimane of northern Bolivia from dozens of other native Amazonian...
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Desert Climate in Western U.S. Influenced By Ancient Water Cycle
The climate change we are currently experiencing, while disconcerting and increasingly uncomfortable, is not unprecedented when viewed through the...
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Global Fisheries Are Declining but Can Still Recover
The vast majority of the world’s fisheries are declining but could recover if properly managed, according to a paper...