Gamma Ray Bursts

01/26/16 An explanation of the most spectacular explosions in the universe, and their possible impact on life. Raul Jimenez

The 2016 Large Hadron Collider Update

11/07/16 The latest news from this year's exciting work at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN. Tulika Bose

Infant Fossil Teeth: Clues to Ancient Human Development

11/13/13 Ancient infant teeth reveal the importance of weaning patterns in human evolution. Tanya Smith

The Evolution of Photosynthesis

10/19/10 How photosynthesis --and life-- emerged in Earth's ancient chemical environment. Tanja Bosak and Alexander Petroff

The Battle for the Future of Food

06/11/24 WGBH Forum Network webinar. Industrial agriculture (“Big Ag”) is a major contributor to global warming, environmental destruction, and disruption of good farming traditions. There is a better way to feed the world without destroying the planet. Tim Wise

Communicating Climate Change Through Science and Technology

04/25/17 Some ways to show how marine organisms actually experience climate change. Brian Helmuth

Psychiatric Drugs: Why They Often Fail Us Over Long Term

04/23/19 More than one in five Americans now takes a psychiatric medication. But long-term results are poor. Robert Whitaker, author of several books on this subject, discusses the problems of these meds and describes more effective initiatives.

How Delayed Release of Industry Data on Chemical Toxicity Impacts Health

08/21/18 Producers of perfluorinated alkylate substances (PFAS) withheld for decades the facts about the health and environmental threats of these ubiquitous toxins. Philippe Grandjean

The D-Lab at MIT: The People's Engineering Team

05/29/13 The award-winning D-Lab's unique approach to improving lives in the poorest nations. Amy Smith

Fracking: The Facts and Issues

11/12/13 A panel of experts presents the known scientific, health and environmental facts about fracking. Phartiyal_Pallavi, Aaron Bernstein, William Moomaw, Andrew Rosenberg

Today's Featured Contributors

Featured Author

Paul Steinhardt, Ph.D.

An excellent resource on cosmology for the general reader, co-authored by one of the greatest theoretical physicists of our time

Featured Guest

Albert-László Barabási, Ph.D.

A leader in the discovery of the underlying common structure of diverse complex systems, including the Web, social networks, and disease patterns