Earth
- Earth
Science loses out when ice caps melt
Tropical glaciers are vanishing at an especially rapid pace—and taking valuable climate records with them.
- Environment
Mood-boosting drugs make unhappy fish
Drugs called antidepressants find their way into lakes and streams, affecting the behavior of fish living there in unexpected ways.
- Fossils
South America’s sticky tar pits
The fossil-rich tar pits of Venezuela may rival those in Southern California.
- Agriculture
Farms sprout in cities
The farms of the future may be where you would least expect to find them -- in towering skyscrapers in some of the world's largest cities.
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- Earth
Where rivers run uphill
Three scientists travel to Antarctica to explore a secret world hidden beneath the ice.
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- Environment
Polar ice feels the heat
This is the first of a two-part series on global climate change.
- Earth
Salty, old and, perhaps, a sign of early life
Exploring salt deposits, researchers unearthed the planet's oldest-known, complete molecules thought to have been made by living things.
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