Science for Peace: Balancing Biological Conservation and Sustainable Use in Post-conflict Colombia For over the last 50 years Colombia has suffered from a series of armed conflicts that have resulted...

Striking Seasonality in the 20th-Century Warming over North America and Africa: Insights and Impacts The linear trend in 20th-century surface air temperature (SAT) – a key secular warming signal – exh...

The Anthrax Diaries: Studying the Hidden Lives of Former Bioweapons Scientists Between 2008 and 2012, Vogel conducted an oral history involving 50 interviews with former American and Soviet bioweapons...

Artificial Intelligence: Practice and Policy Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be defined as the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs. The po...

Particles, Particles Everywhere: What Is in the Air We Breathe? Particulate matter (PM) air pollution consists of extremely small particles, some so small that they can pass directly from the lungs in...

Green Health Metrics: Transnational Gaps in Science and Policy Green health is the goal of individual and societal investments in sustainable products and processes that enhance human health. It is ab...

Conservation Criminology as an Interdisciplinary Approach for Reducing Risks from Wildlife Trafficking and Illegal Logging Around the world, levels of unsustainable and illegal natural resource exploi...

Emerging Materials for Next Generation Manufacturing Manufacturing products in the future will need to be made with new and improved engineering materials. The World Economic Forum lists top ten emerg...

Anticipating Future Impacts of New Technology in Transportation and Food Systems Emerging technologies have the potential to transform society, representing tremendous opportunities as well as incredi...

The Future of Surgery-Free Brain Treatment?: Deep Stimulation Using Magnetic Fields for Non-invasive Therapy of Brain Disorders Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)--a method of stimulating regions...

Distributed Expertise, Knowledge Sharing, and Systems Engineering in Policy and Operations Networks Critical policy decisions and responses to world events depend on the interactions of human teams us...

HIV and Drug Abuse in Russia: Syndemic Spread with Causes for Optimism? Population declines in the Russian Federation are being exacerbated by mortality caused by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and opioid use...