Environment & Science

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 2009-08-17 03:15:00-07

Does the Prius have an Achilles heel?

Hybrid technology depends on rare minerals currently produced mostly in China. The Saudi oil sheiks must be pleased

By Andrew Leonard September 2, 2009

Annals of GOP character assassination: Steven Chu

The Energy Secretary is a "radical global warming activist." Not that there's anything wrong with that

By Andrew Leonard September 1, 2009

Cogito ergo sum, baby

Toddlers have amazing philosophical minds that work like computers and can teach us a world about ourselves

By Robert Burton August 13, 2009

What's really in your shampoo

Sure, a couple ingredients clean your hair. But the rest are a veritable toxic dump on your head

By Bill Bunn August 13, 2009

"Death panel doc" is all about life

Right-wing boogeyman Ezekiel Emanuel is a persuasive advocate for humane reform. Doctors like me need his wisdom

By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. August 12, 2009

The beauty and terror of science

Romantic poets and scientists tapped the marvels of nature and sounded a clarion alarm that can transform us today

By Kevin Berger August 10, 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

The Huffington Post is crazy about your health

Why bogus treatments and crackpot medical theories dominate "The Internet Newspaper"

By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. July 30, 2009

How cooking makes you a man

Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame

By Sarah Karnasiewicz July 29, 2009

Standing up for Obama's health plan

A physician who treats the disabled and injured explains why the reform bill gets America on its feet

By Ford Vox July 29, 2009

Sushi to die for

Will bluefin tuna survive our insatiable appetite for status and taste?

By Katharine Mieszkowski July 27, 2009

Steven Chu: Facebooking the nation

Can adept social networking and an interview with Jon Stewart stop global warming?

By Andrew Leonard July 22, 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

Michael Jackson doctor went too far

The dermatologist who exposed the singer's medical history on "Larry King Live" committed a fundamental violation

By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. July 13, 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

Sushi cows of the sea

Sustainably farmed bluefin tuna? Come on -- what's the catch?

By Andrew Leonard July 8, 2009

Pick your poison: Wild salmon or global warming

Every dam removed in favor of a fish run subtracts more renewable energy from the grid

By Andrew Leonard July 7, 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

The baby-steps plan to stop global warming

History teaches us that strong environmental legislation takes years of effort to perfect

By Andrew Leonard July 1, 2009

Plundering the oceans

Overfishing continues at a shocking rate, as countries break one environmental promise after another

By Katharine Mieszkowski July 1, 2009