David Fowler: ‘Science brand equity builds public trust’

David Fowler indicates science brand equity is emerging as a way for companies and institutions to build trust by communicating it.

Farming can become more sustainable

A report from the National Research Council, suggests that U.S. farming needs to look beyond its focus on low costs and high production.

A sense of humor helps to keep people healthy

A sense of humor helps to keep people healthy and increases their chances of reaching retirement age, according to a new study.

Energy from algae is a wildcard

Dr. Kammen, energy and policy advisor to the Obama administration, spoke to EarthSky about the potential of energy from algae - tiny ocean plants.

Why so hard to plug oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico?

Why is it so hard to plug the oil leak in the Gulf oil spill? The answer mostly has to do with pressure, says biogeochemist Mandy Joye.

Is it true we use only 10 percent of our brains?

Do we really use only a small portion of our brains? You don't use all your brain at once, but over the course of days your entire brain does get used.

Joanna Fowler: Drug addicts’ brains are wired differently

The brains of drug abusers may be wired differently than brains of non-addicts. That's what chemist Joanna Fowler says, after years of research.

Jeff Pettis on the continuing mystery of honeybees’ decline

Jeff Pettis discusses four years after the bee decline began, U.S. honeybees are still ailing, and human intervention is needed to keep their numbers strong.

Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing and MAKE on doing it yourself

Mark Frauenfelder says once you start realizing that the world is a hackable platform, you see all sorts of possibilities.

Peter Hotez on neglected diseases of poverty in U.S.

Peter Hotez has noticed very high rates of parasitic infections diseases among the poorest people in the U.S. He calls them "neglected" diseases of poverty.