Sci/Why

By Claire Eamer Rachel Carson in 1944. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo This week marks an important anniversary. Fifty years ago ...

by L E Carmichael For about twenty years now, scientists have been studying evolution using a new kind of life form - a digital one. Dig...

Written by Helaine Becker For the last three years, alongside my other writing projects, I've been the staff writer for a science- an...

by Jan Thornhill Dog Vomit Slime. Pretzel Slime. Wolf’s Milk Slime. Insect Egg Slime. These are just a few of the wacky names peo...

By Claire Eamer On August 17, I posted an article about the rapid melting of arctic sea ice this summer and the likelihood that we were h...

This summer, my family and I spent a lot of time with small children who were relatives of one stripe or another. During several...

By Claire Eamer We've heard a lot about melting ice in the Arctic this summer, and we're likely to hear more. It takes a long time...