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Europe Gives 2 Billion Euros to Science
Research projects investigating the “miracle material” graphene and the human brain have won unprecedented funding of up to 1...
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Stiglitz: Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery
The re-election of President Obama was like a Rorschach test, subject to many interpretations. In this election, each side...
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Obama Promises Action on Climate Change
President Barack Obama promised to take action on climate change in his inaugural speech, putting the issue at the...
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The Climate Change Endgame
Whether in Davos or almost anywhere else that leaders are discussing the world’s problems, they are missing by far...
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Time for Science to Seize Political Power
In your wildest dreams, could you imagine a government that builds its policies on carefully gathered scientific evidence? One...
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Doomsday Clock Holds Steady at 5 Minutes to Midnight
Last year the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its famous “Doomsday Clock” — which measures the likelihood of...
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An Alarm in the Offing on Climate Change
The natural conservatism of science has often led climatologists to be cautious in their pronouncements about global warming. Indeed,...
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Greens to President Obama: Act Now on Climate
Green groups are amping up the pressure on President Barack Obama to make good on his promises to address...
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Pollution Highlights the Price China Is Paying for Rapid Development
Beijing has developed into an impressive modern city over the past two decades. But a tourist visiting the Chinese...
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The Kyoto Scorecard
The Kyoto Protocol on climate change used to be a big deal. So big that the future of humanity...