At the edge of Pruitt-Igoe, a housing development long gone, but long since remembered. (Credit: Stephen Hobbs)
“This is, genuinely, my idea of beauty. This is life after cities. This is life after humans.” We are staring at 57 acres of overgrown wildlife comprising the former Pruitt-Igoe, one of the…
St. Louis's Forest Park: The distinction between entry markers and gates is not always academic.
Hurricane Katrina almost destroyed Tulane University's NMRs, which would have greatly reduced the university's research capacities into the causes and solutions of natural disasters. Thankfully, and for good reason, they were saved.
There is little about big-game hunting that has changed since the era of Teddy Roosevelt.
The combination of "big data" and genomics allow medical professionals to diagnose patients genetically at risk for disease, but there are some serious hurdles to surmount before we can sequence ourselves.
Theodore Meir Bikel remembered
Mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others. The implications for world health are enormous.
Understanding mechanisms by which mosquitos sense their environment may prove pivotal to combatting diseases that kill millions.
Well intentioned as they may be, trigger warnings nevertheless confuse victim with expert, and expert with advocate.
The humble cockatoo. Smarter than you think. (CC: David Cook Wildlife Photography)
Plant neurobiologists argue the ways in which plants demonstrate behaviors that look very much like intelligence, memory, learning, and decision-making. Rather than relying on a brain and neurons, plants use a decentralized network, but both plants and…