Science

Atlanta Falcons football player Michael Vick looks down as he prepares to address the media after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting charge in Richmond, Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. Should we forgive Michael Vick?

Science says we'll be healthier if we do, but some argue there's room in a healthy life for a good grudge
By Dana Scarton Aug 17, 2009

  • Screwed by science

    The elusive birth control pill for men may be as much about gender as research
    By Amy Benfer August 28, 2009

  • Put away your sneakers, ladies. "Beauty race" is a myth

    Are women really getting more beautiful, as the UK Times suggested? Not really, says the man behind the research
    By Frieda Klotz August 11, 2009

  • Dolphins are dying to amuse us

    SeaWorld and aquariums, implicated in the shocking new documentary about dolphin slaughter, "The Cove," strike back
    By Katharine Mieszkowski August 7, 2009

  • Sushi to die for

    Will bluefin tuna survive our insatiable appetite for status and taste?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 27, 2009

  • Goodnight, moon travel

    It's time to save planet Earth. And our inspiration, once again, comes from JFK
    By Joseph Romm July 20, 2009

  • Will America's parks be his oyster?

    Obama says politics will no longer cloud science. But his choice for national parks director is facing that charge
    By Jacoba Charles July 14, 2009

  • The FRAC Act under attack

    Are Democrats going wobbly as energy companies resist curbs on the natural gas drilling practice known as fracking?
    By Abrahm Lustgarten July 14, 2009

  • Why America is flunking science

    Don't just blame poor education for our nation's scientific illiteracy -- but our politics and pop culture
    By Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum July 13, 2009

  • I'm tired of just being a man

    How I learned about my own animality (and "humanzees," Stalin and scary creationists) by living with a chimp
    By Charles Siebert July 11, 2009

  • Overheated by clean energy

    As the debate over the Waxman-Markey climate bill rages on, Harvard's top environmental economist sheds some light
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 10, 2009

  • Life is out of whack

    It may drive ecologists crazy to talk about a balance in nature. But it's more necessary than ever
    By Jonathon Keats July 7, 2009

  • Plundering the oceans

    Overfishing continues at a shocking rate, as countries break one environmental promise after another
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 1, 2009

  • Horses to the slaughter

    U.S. horses are meeting gruesome ends abroad, while the debate rages on: Are horses 1,500 pounds of food or friend?
    By Megan Wilde June 30, 2009

  • One brief shining moment for clean energy

    Passage of the first climate bill in the House is a big first step to cut global warming. But it's not enough
    By Joseph Romm June 27, 2009

  • God, He's moody

    In an interview with something to offend everyone, Robert Wright explains why religion has given us a fickle deity
    By Steve Paulson June 24, 2009

  • There's no place like home!

    "Real Estate Intervention" brings tough love to homeowners while "The Lazy Environmentalist" makes going green easy
    By Heather Havrilesky June 21, 2009

  • Why we can't eat just one

    We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 18, 2009

  • Auto safety for dummies

    Critics who whine Obama is outlawing big cars for dangerous compacts are riding shotgun with empty barrels.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 16, 2009

  • The seldom-seen devastation of climate change

    A NASA climatologist explains why global warming is more than starving polar bears, and skeptics are simplistic.
    By Peter Dizikes June 1, 2009

  • Deadly heat

    A controversial report from Kofi Annan's group says global warming is killing hundreds of thousands a year.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 30, 2009
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