How Solar Systems Form: Puzzles and Possibilities

03/11/14 Astronomer Joan Najita explains the challenge of understanding how planetary systems are created.

They Didn't Believe It! The Atom

11/07/19 Science for the Public mini-series : They Didn't Believe It! Brief stories about science discoveries that were very slow to be accepted

Antarctic Fishes: Models for Climate Change and Human Disease

07/09/13 the unique "antifreeze" blood and skeletal mutations of the Antarctic Icefishes provide insights into both climate change adaptations and human disease. H. William Detrich, III

Infinitely Small to Infinitely Great: The Search for Microbial Life on Other Worlds

04/10/18 A collaboration of ocean and space scientists that will advance our understanding of exo-worlds, such as Enceladus and Europa. Peter Girguis

Coastal Wetlands and Salt Marshes

01-17-23 Coastal wetlands and salt marshes absorb huge amounts of CO2. Scientists are working to understand this complex process when such ecosystems are especially stressed by climate change. Robinson Fulweiler

How Glaciers Affect Earth and Climate

05/16/17 An important explanation of the relationship between glacial cycles and climate change. Jack Ridge

Evolution of the Y Chromosome: Males Will Survive

09/23/14 The scientist who led the sequencing of the Y chromosome explains its evolution, its survival, and possible relationship to conditions and diseases that affect mostly males. David Page

How TB Bacteria Evade Treatment

12/10/13 TB cells do not all respond to antibiotics. Discovering why is the key to effective treatment. Bree Aldridge

Innovations in Clean Water Technology

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

Designing Sustainable Urban Development

11/25/19 How the world-class Sustainable Design Lab at MIT combines architecture, engineering, physics --and creative genius-- to design the optimal urban environment. Christoph Reinhart

Today's Featured Contributors

Featured Author

Mario Livio, Ph.D.

A well known astrophysicist who is also gifted at making science and mathematics accessible to the general public

Featured Guest

Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Ph.D.

An innovative leader in the development of renewable energy