Humans are accustomed to thinking of viruses as the enemy: lethal pathogens and the couriers of sniffles. But scientists are working to draw a more nuanced picture of the viral landscape, with broader implications.
Mar. 5, 2019
Human civilizations shape the environments upon which they are built. The rapid pace of change across the globe since the Industrial Revolution clearly demonstrates this trend, but recent research shows it's a common pattern stretching back millennia, affecting many sites across the planet.
Mar. 1, 2019
Fears of an eruption of the tallest mountain in the Korean Peninsula may have brought North Korea out of isolation and into the scientific global community.
Mar. 1, 2019
Equitable and inclusive environments, exposure to leading-edge science, career exploration opportunities, trained mentors and advisors, and communication skills training are key ingredients for a building a new, well-needed approach to graduate STEM education.
Mar. 1, 2019
Microbes inhabit every facet of Earth. Fungi and bacteria are master colonizers of extreme environments — from the icy Arctic to red hot volcanoes — and control how those environments function on a global scale. But they’re also susceptible to the effects of climate change.
A new era of astrophysics has arrived as global teams of scientists join forces to illuminate the universe’s most mysterious and powerful events.
Thanks to recent advances in an analytical technique called mass spectrometry, researchers are learning valuable new information about topics ranging from the lives of dinosaurs to how George Washington’s mother mended broken pottery.
By addressing and avoiding childhood distress, mental illness rates could be decreased, experts say.
Ten students from across the U.S. and Canada won NASW Undergraduate Travel Fellowships to attend the 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting.
Harvard geometer, Fields medalist, and McArthur Award recipient Shing-Tung Yau grew up in poverty in China and Hong Kong. A teacher’s recommendation enabled him to pursue doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley. In The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry, Yau and NASW member Steven Nadis tell Yau’s engaging story and explore his work.
Feb. 20, 2019