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Ship Noise Disrupts Whale Communication, Researchers Say
There’s some news today from the Atlantic, but you have to hear it to understand. The first sound in the above clip is right whales, just off the coast of… -
Innovations to Fight New England Ticks, Pt. 2: On the Move
Tick populations aren’t staying put. One particularly troublesome tick is moving north and east towards New England, while others are expanding their… -
Rust Tide in Buzzards Bay: More Questions Than Answers
News of a “rust tide” in Buzzards Bay made headlines earlier this week. Reading a handful of the stories left me with an incomplete and jumbled picture of… -
Innovations to Fight New England Ticks, Pt. 1: It Takes an Ecosystem
Think back to our mild winter: shovels barely used, snowplows sitting idle, no mad dash to the supermarket for bread and milk. It would logically make… -
Mars Rover Curiosity Lands
While most of us slept on Monday morning, the Mars rover Curiosity landed safely in a feat of technological acrobatics. Curiosity’s voyage to Mars took… -
Technology: Problem or Solution?
Dr. Jesse Ausubel is Director of the Program for the Human Environment at Rockefeller University, a Vice President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and… -
Beachgoers on Edge After Shark Attack
In Truro, Mass., what’s believed to be the first attack by a great white shark in 76 years frightened beachgoers and sent a man to the hospital this… -
A Researcher's View of Greenland's Big Thaw
There’s nothing like a bird’s-eye view to really put big events into perspective...or is there?On the heels of a giant iceberg that broke off Greenland’s… -
Zipcar Drivers and the Myth of the Ethical Consumer
New data suggests that Zipcar users are acting out of self-interest rather than ethical impulse.Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that members of… -
Coming to Grips with Doctor Shortages
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, tens of millions of previously uninsured Americans will be looking for a primary-care doctor. It’s not an…