News

  1. Humans

    Small Steps: World Summit delegates wrangle over eco-friendly future

    Twenty thousand delegates from around the world met in Johannesburg last week for a contentious World Summit on Sustainable Development.

    By John Pickrell
  2. Astronomy

    Birth of a Tiny Galaxy: In the universe, dwarfs may pop up last

    Using the Hubble Space Telescope to observe a tiny galaxy still in the process of being born, astronomers are getting a rare glimpse of how larger galaxies formed early in the history of the universe.

    By Ron Cowen

  3. Distressing Dispatches: Some journalists feel stress wounds of war

    A substantial and largely unnoticed minority of war reporters and photographers develops symptoms of a severe stress reaction as a result of the job.