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Science Spotlight'They didn't question it': Why doctors prescribe too many antibioticsPediatricians in both the U.S. and Japan tend to prescribe antibiotics too often, although the doctors are now improving their track record. What's behind this tendency?
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Science SpotlightJapan's bold experiment to curb antibiotic misuse has been a huge success. Could it work in the US?A unique policy in Japan encourages doctors to improve their antibiotic use and thus reduce their contribution to antibiotic resistance. Should the U.S. be taking notes?
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Science Spotlight'If there's any country that will do it, it's China': Why is China diverting some of the world's mightiest rivers thousands of miles?People in China's northern megacities have 74 times less fresh water than the average American — so the Chinese government has built the world's largest water diversion project, with the most ambitious and dangerous route still to come.
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Science Spotlight'River in the Sky': China's doomed plan to create a 'cloud seeding corridor' tells us how far the country will go to solve its climate crisisChina's willingness to invest billions in a quixotic, doomed plan to create a permanent river in the sky reveals the lengths it is willing to go to to engineer its way out of a climate crisis.
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Science Spotlight'They are trying to tame nature': China is building the world's biggest dam in an earthquake-prone region of TibetChina is building a dam system that will generate more hydroelectric power than the U.S. generates yearly. But the project comes with huge risks for people downstream.
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FeaturesFountains of diamonds that erupt from Earth's center are revealing the lost history of supercontinentsDiamonds seem to reach Earth's surface in massive volcanic eruptions when supercontinents break up, and they form when continents come together.
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FeaturesAfter 2 years in space, the James Webb telescope has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed?For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to break cosmology as we know it. Now, on the eve of its second anniversary, a new finding by the James Webb Space Telescope has only entrenched the mystery.
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Features'If you don't have inflammation, then you'll die': How scientists are reprogramming the body's natural superpowerInflammation can be both a superhero and a villain, depending on the context. Rather than eliminating it completely, new treatments are trying to redirect it.
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FeaturesWe could end the AIDS epidemic in less than a decade. Here's how.Experts have laid out a road map to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Is it possible?
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Features'Planet killer' asteroids are hiding in the sun's glare. Can we stop them in time?In the glare of the sun, an unknown number of near-Earth asteroids move on unseen orbits. A new generation of space telescopes could be our best defense against potential disaster.
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FeaturesFacial reconstructions help the past come alive. But are they accurate?DNA analysis is changing the science of facial reconstructions and making them more lifelike than ever before.
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FeaturesSci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problemResearchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem.
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FeaturesThe 1st Americans were not who we thought they wereFor decades, we thought the first humans to arrive in the Americas came across the Bering Land Bridge 13,000 years ago. New evidence is changing that picture.
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FeaturesDangerous 'superbugs' are a growing threat, and antibiotics can't stop their rise. What can?Traditional antibiotics drive bacteria toward drug resistance, so scientists are looking to viruses, CRISPR, designer molecules and protein swords for better treatments.
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