Author: Marquis Vannah

It’s not fair to ask jurors to vote on a death penalty.

House finches, Costco, and remaking the American wild.

The science of reading shows that print and digital experiences are complementary.

How “exceptional responders” are revolutionizing treatment for the deadly disease.

Astrobiology, the study of life on other worlds,  is one of the coolest sciences ever.  From extremophile bacteria living miles underground and feeding off radioactivity to exoplanetary systems with bizarre head-spinning architectures, astrobiology includes some of the most amazing parts of the natural world.  But for some hardened naysayers, Astrobiology’s glamour is tainted by that […]

How shipping containers made distance irrelevant.

Why food aid needs to overhaul its delivery system.

The banana’s journey from the plantation to you is one long science project.

Transportation optimization starts with math, but ends in understanding human behavior.

The Kepler spacecraft had a pretty good run. Launched in 2009, it soon settled into its intended orbit around the Sun, trained its image sensors up at a patch of sky about as big as your fist held at arm’s length, and began watching, which it’s been doing ever since. Kepler’s job is to find […]