Nature: The natural prescription for health?
Could a walk in the park be good for you? Could looking out a window at a park be good for you? Can nature lower stress and promote healing? For centuries, philosophers, mystics and tree-huggers have...
View ArticleFor nuclear waste help, call on gulls, fish, mussels and kelp
Some people find sea gulls annoying, but they have their uses. More »
View ArticleStudy finds key to colony-collapse disorder
Fast genomic analysis could open the door to breakthroughs in health, ecology and genetics. How do these machines work, and what have they taught about obesity, microbial diversity, and drug treatment?...
View ArticleWhale research: No killing required
Japan says it must kill hundreds of whales each year to do "research" on them; but science has plenty of ways to study whales without killing them. Digital-recording tags, whale songs, even whale...
View ArticleQuestioning candidates
The candidates are skirting issues related to environment, energy and science policy. Heard promising plans for greener energy, solid science advice, or coping with the decline of oil? We neither......
View ArticleGreen as a garbage dump? Waste rots, makes energy…
Decay is part of life, and death. When garbage decays in a landfill, or manure decays in a tank, the result is methane. Is this natural gas a problem -- or an opportunity? More »
View ArticleBush creates huge Pacific reserves
Three giant new reserves, extend 50 miles out from shore, will protect coral reefs, fish, clams, and other life forms. But how effective are marine protected areas? More »
View ArticlePlanetary limits: More than just global warming
Scientists propose 9 limits on human actions: Wrecking ozone, over-using fertilizer, killing species could block key "ecosystem services." Are there natural limits to fresh water use and pollution? More »
View ArticleTar sands = Clean oil?
Canada's oil-drenched sands are the second-largest oil reserves, but they pollute air and water, destroy forests and boost warming. A good idea? More »
View ArticleGulf oil spill: It’s a gusher – one mile deep!
What kind of ecological damage can we expect from a sustained blowout in the Gulf of Mexico? What are the lessons of Exxon Valdez, and how well do they apply to the current outbreak of oil? Is...
View ArticleEcotourism: Is it Working?
20 years ago, ecotourism was promoted as a way to save natural systems, and the people who lived in them. We ask: Is ecotourism a force for good, or just another form of "greenwashing"? More »
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Cholera strikes Haiti, spreads
Cholera, entrenched in Haiti, starts to spread 2010, UNICEF/Marco Dormino A child reacts to cholera treatment in L’Estere, Haiti. Haiti, the nation that cannot get a break, has become the epicenter of...
View ArticleWest Cliff Restoration
West Cliff Restoration by Jyoti Madhusoodanan from SciCom Slugs on Vimeo. WhyTV thanks our partners and the students and teachers at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism and...
View ArticleLycopod Odyssey
Lycopod Odyssey with Jeff Benca by Molly Sharlach from SciCom Slugs on Vimeo. WhyTV thanks our partners and the students and teachers at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism...
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