Climate Misinformation Persists in New Middle School Textbooks
Students could be taught for the next decade that humans are only partly responsible for climate change
Stories by Katie Worth
Katie Worth is a freelance writer in Boston. She is author of Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America (Columbia Global Reports, 2021).
Subverting Climate Science in the Classroom
Oil and gas representatives influence the standards for courses and textbooks, from kindergarten to 12th grade
Behind Tomorrow's Telescopes: A Bitter Rivalry from Yesterday
Old grudges between three teams of astronomers have threatened the survival of ground-based astronomy's boldest, biggest projects
World’s Largest Telescope Faces Opposition from Native Hawaiian Protesters
Construction has begun on the Thirty Meter Telescope, despite continuing opposition by cultural and environmental activists
NASA May Put a Greenhouse on the Red Planet
Mustardlike plants could be the first Earthlings to call Mars home if NASA decides to let them hitch a ride on the next rover
Master of Long-Distance Aviation Loses Ground
The first bird being considered for endangered species protections due to climate change migrates 30,000 kilometers a year
Argentina and Chile Decide Not to Leave It to Beavers [Slide Show]
Importing the incisor-toothed hydrologists from Canada to the southernmost tip of South America seemed like a good idea in 1946, but it wasn’t
When Scientists Are Mad about Each Other
Science couples who overcame the two-body problem collaborate in the lab and the home
Titan's Seas Get an Earthly Stand-In as Robot Explores Chilean Lake [Slide Show]
The Planetary Lake Lander is testing autonomous exploration technologies for a future mission to Saturn’s most intriguing moon
What Did the U.S. Economic Stimulus Do for Science?
Remember that $800 billion Uncle Sam spent during the Great Recession? Here are some of the consequences
New Lamps May Help Astronauts Get Some Shut-Eye
New lamps could help astronauts get more shut-eye
Step into the Twilight Zone: Can Earthlings Adjust to a Longer Day on Mars?
On the eve of science writer Katie Worth's experiment to live on Mars time and blog about how it feels, she explains how living between time zones across the universe without guidance from sleep scientists can prove disastrous
Casting Light on Astronaut Insomnia: ISS to Get Sleep-Promoting Lightbulbs
NASA plans an $11-million upgrade to help space station crews sleep better in orbit
On Firmament Ground: Partially Completed ALMA Radio Telescope Already Generating Discoveries
The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array in the Chilean Andes is the most powerful—and expensive—ground-based observatory yet
New Dating of Panama Formation Throws Cold Water on Ice Age Origin Ideas
A geologist's revisionist theory pushing the formation of the Isthmus of Panama back 10 million years casts doubt on mainstream ideas of what caused the last ice age as well as the global glaciation cycle that generates the world's current climate