Living in Space: Artificial Gravity and Bioastronautics

01/04/21 The human body requires a gravity environment. So how do aerospace engineers plan for the colonization of space? Developing artificial gravity is a major objective. Ana Diaz Artiles

Our Expanding Universe: The DESI Project's First Results

05/14/24 WGBH Forum Network Webinar. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), specifically designed to measure the universe's expansion, has now produced the largest and most precise 3D map for the expansion analysis. And the first results of the survey are amazing. Paul Martini

Understanding How Life Began

04/09/10 Molecules in meteorites met with an optimal chemical environment on Earth. Alonso Ricardo

Reconstructing Evolution: A Molecular Time Machine

02/23/16 Tracing ancient genetic changes through extinctions and speciation events to reconstruct our DNA history. Betul Kacar

Addressing the Global Water Shortage

03/11/25 Due mainly to climate change and wasteful agricultural practices, the supply of freshwater is rapidly diminishing across the globe. To provide water for the world’s huge population, governments must quickly develop advanced conservation and sustainability policies. Jay Famiglietti

Coastal Ecosystems and Climate Change

12/17/14 An international expert explains how coastal ecosystems function and how they are adjusting to current stresses. Brian Helmuth

The Youth Pill

09/10/10 What are the possibilities of extending human life and good health? David Stipp

What Ails American Healthcare?

08/30/22 The U.S. healthcare system ranks last among 11 high-income countries. We spend more than other nations on medical care, but the service is seriously inadequate. What can be done? Melissa Gariddo

Hard Facts about Carbon Capture and Storage

05/18/22 Just how effective is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), the much-promoted solution to the excess atmospheric CO2 from fossil fuels? June Sekera and Neva Goodwin

There Is More Than Enough Renewable Energy

03/06/18 Irrefutable evidence for why we should --and can-- transition to renewable energy without delay. Mara Prentiss

Today's Featured Contributors

Featured Author

Robert Whitaker

One of the best sources on overprescribing and the serious long-range effects of many psychotropic drugs

Featured Guest

Maria Ivanova, Ph.D.

An outstanding researcher and advocate for international policies to protect wildlife, environment and resources.