New Directions in Particle Physics

06/18/24 WGBH Forum Network webinar. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has made very significant discoveries (including the Higgs boson), but physicists now need to expand the probe. Tulika Bose

Dark Energy and the Cosmic Expansion

12/14/21 The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is the most advanced probe of the relationship between dark energy and the expansion of the universe. A unique project in astronomy. Arjun Dey

Why AI Can Seem Sentient

05/10/23 Although technologies such as ChatBots are not conscious, their sophisticated communications can seem human enough to fool people. That raises concerns. Nir Eisikovits

"Shocking" News from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

07/10/12 In probably the most extreme environmment on Earth, organisms are thriving. Peter Girguis explains how.....

The Role of the Ocean in the Global Carbon Cycle

01/22/13 The complex relationship between marine life and the chemistry and circulation of oceans. Mick Follows

The Politics of Food's Environmental Footprint

04/17/12 Calculating the impact of large-scale food production on the environment... Susanne Freidberg

An Update on Those "Forever" Chemicals

10-17-23 WGBH Forum Network webinar PFAS, a group of chemicals added to many everyday products, became a concern years ago among medical researchers, but governmental agencies were slow to impose regulations. Philippe Grandjean

How Effective Are Vitamin D Supplements?

04/23/24 Promoted for years as a means to strengthen bones and lower risk of multiple diseases, improved studies by JoAnn Manson and others revealed that Vitamin D supplements were not very effective at all. Natural sources, including sunshine, are much better. It’s important to understand why. JoAnn Manson

Carbon Capture and Conversion

07/19/21 A carbon capture innovation that can produce useful, products, including non-polluting transportation fuels. Sami Khan

Innovations in Clean Water Technology

12/20/11 Desalination offers a solution to the water shortage problem... John Lienhard V

Today's Featured Contributors

Featured Author

Les Kaufman, Ph.D.

Insightful essays about the relationship between environmental damage and extinction

Featured Guest

Tanya Smith, PhD

An expert on reconstructing individual histories through fossil teeth