The 1975 scientific conference laid the ground rules governing the next half century (and counting) of biological research and public scrutiny of it.

Forty years ago, Hollywood made gremlins loveable—portraying them as adorable, furry creatures. Their folkloric origins are far more sinister.

For centuries, a fork-tailed mythical creature that lurks in the pinelands of the Garden State has served as a reminder of the horrors that result when reproductive freedoms are destroyed.

Tim Johnson, serving a life sentence in North Carolina, shares how access to JSTOR creates opportunities that cultivate change in prison and beyond.

The carbon market and offsetting system have created “carbon cowboys” and perpetuated forms of neo-colonialism and other inequities.

The agreement mandates a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions created by burning fossil fuels and formally adopts a climate loss and damage fund.

A bibliography to help educators prepare students and themselves for a future shaped by AI—with all its opportunities and drawbacks.

The biggest nuclear blast in history came courtesy of Tsar Bomba. We could make something at least 100 times more powerful.

How to be agents who use new AI tools, rather than subjects manipulated by them.

New laws regarding transgender youth are based on the assumption that the gender binary is natural.