'Picture a Scientist’ director Sharon Shattuck wants you to know you're not alone
The stories captured in Picture a Scientist are shocking, but they are hardly exceptional
The Intersectional Environmentalist is the human voice of those most impacted by climate change
An interview with co-founder Sabs Katz on Earth Day 2021
A slime mold changes its mind: an interview with slime mold scientist Audrey Dussutour
How do slime molds and ants make decisions without a central brain?
Neuroscientist seeks love molecule: a conversation with Bianca Jones Marlin
The Columbia scientist on the neuroscience of motherhood and how social justice and science intersect
How did birds become birds? An interview with Jingmai O'Connor
The paleontologist and soon-to-be curator at the Field Museum on excavations, being a party animal, and imposter syndrome
Anuses can have teeth, farts can be weapons, butts can be homes: an interview with a farts expert
Zoologist and butt book author Dani Rabaiotti on the worst fart she ever smelled and what new fart research she'd like to see
Volcano diplomacy and the future of eruption predictions: the life of a volcanologist
NASA petrologist Kayla Iacovino on her life studying volcanoes and being a Star Trek fanatic
Deborah Jin engineered new quantum states of matter — twice
According to colleague Kathryn J. Levin, Jin "probably would have gotten the Nobel"
How radar can track fireworks, according to a meteorologist
It is the same technique that they use to look for tornado debris while monitoring severe weather
Climate strikers send a message: "Put your planet and its people over profit"
"We are supposed to be the 'leaders of tomorrow', but are being forced to become the leaders of today because our current leaders refuse to hear our cries"
Ending coal mining is essential to solving the climate crisis
Speaking with Mary Anne Hitt and the Beyond Coal campaign
There might be some problems when we try to make babies in space
Biologists sent brain organoids to the International Space Station to figure out how microgravity will affect developing babies
"Paraben-free" products aren't safer than anything else
It's unclear if parabens are dangerous, and if they're not being used then some other preservative is
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Two behavioral neuroscientists discuss the long-term damage of family separation
The neurological and behavioral consequences of separating children from parents, especially mothers, can persist into adulthood
Why scientists are taking a more active role in politics and policy
Cognitive neuroscientist Timothy Verstynen thinks scientists need to take visible stances on issues like forced family separation
Mark Lynas on the complexity of disagreeing on GMOs
'I try to take people at face value in terms of what their objections are, and to not ascribe them with ill-intent'
Neuroscientist Kale Edmiston on why biological bases of being trans shouldn't matter
'We should haven’t to prove that we’re really a certain gender in order to be treated like a person'
Henry Greely, bioethicist and attorney, on why genetic tech isn't so scary
'I probably wouldn’t regulate anything except possibly parents'