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Carol Ward being social helped humans evolve

Carol Ward said, "It's the interaction with members of our own species that has shaped the evolution of the human brain and human abilities."

Lindsay Patterson

August 23, 2009

Joseph DeSimone innovates drug delivery using nanotechnology

Joseph DeSimone has developed a way to engineer drug particles so they target only diseased regions of the body and avoid healthy cells.

Lindsay Patterson

August 17, 2009

Joe Powell: ‘Renewable energy needs more than just one silver bullet’

Joe Powell says that while fossil fuels dominate the world's energy of today, he sees a coming shift to energy like biofuels, wind and solar.

Jorge Salazar

August 17, 2009

Global change, science and media

Can media and scientists help people understand how science works - and how to separate speculation on global change from a legitimate scientific conclusion?

John Hermance

August 13, 2009

Assaf Biderman electronic trash-tracking

Assaf Biderman and team will analyze the trash data to figure out exactly where inefficiencies occur in the waste disposal system.

August 10, 2009

Evolutionary mobile robots

The image on this post isn't from Dr. Fernandez' lab. It's from Wikimedia Commons ... heralding new evolutionary mobile robots to come?

Jorge Salazar

August 9, 2009

Deborah Byrd on EarthSky’s vision

You've heard the familiar voice of Deborah Byrd on the radio for 30+ years. Hear EarthSky founder and veteran science communicator talk about EarthSky's vision.

Editors of EarthSky

August 1, 2009

Mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa

Every year in sub-Saharan Africa, 265,000 mothers die in childbirth and 4.5 million children die before the age of 5 from preventable causes.

Deborah Byrd

July 30, 2009

Food, Inc., the future of food, and waste = food

We don't eat the way our grandparents did. Now there are more ways to find out more about the food industry that feeds us all. Watch the documentary Food, Inc.

July 28, 2009