Reviews

  1. Tech

    Moving exhibit pays tribute to lost space shuttles’ crews

    At Kennedy Space Center, pieces of wreckage from the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia are on public display for the first time.

    By Mark Schrope
  2. Animals

    Help ornithologists develop bird photo ID tool

    Cornell ornithology lab’s computer identification of common North American avian species needs your photos.

    By Lila Guterman
  3. Paleontology

    Fossils illustrate evolution of life

    Paleontologist Donald Prothero takes readers through the evolution of life on Earth from the earliest oozes of goo to our recent relative Lucy.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Science & Society

    Autism’s journey from shadows to light

    Science writer Steve Silberman considers autism in the modern era of neurodiversity - a movement to respect neurological differences as natural human variation - framing the relatively progressive autistic experience of today against the the conditions oppressed past.