Skepticism About Biotechnology Isn’t Anti-Science
By Tess Doezema “Keep Frankenfish off my Dish!” a protester’s sign read. Another, adorned with six red hearts, suggested that “real people love real salmon.” A couple of years ago,
In Praise of Self-Driving Cars and Fender-Benders
By Elizabeth Garbee and Andrew Maynard Two weeks ago, a driver failed to yield to another vehicle making a turn at a cross street just minutes away from my office
Citizen Science Isn’t Just About Collecting Data
By Jason Lloyd The earthquake near Washington, D.C., five years ago in August 2011—the one that damaged the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral but had little other noticeable impact—caught
How a Volcano Helped Inspire Frankenstein
By Kent Linthicum Two hundred years ago this June, during a dreadfully cold and wet summer, Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein. Since then Frankenstein has become iconic, spawning a legion