Resistance Fighters: Bacteria Evolve to Withstand Drugs, Limiting Effective Therapies
By Jia Naqvi SAN FRANCISCO—Eleven days. That is all it took for E. coli bacteria in a lab demonstration to evolve protections against an antibiotic... Read More
Animal Research: An Uncomfortable Topic for Scientists and Journalists Alike
By Margarida Marques SAN FRANCISCO—The use of animals in research prompts as wide a range of opinions and emotions among researchers as it does for... Read More
Sorting Through the Stem Cell Hype: A Conversation with Deepak Srivastava
By Leah Rosenbaum SAN FRANCISCO—Every day, it seems, reporters cover a new stem cell treatment. But how are journalists supposed to distinguish the real stem... Read More
Why Coastal Sea Rise and Eroding Beaches Are Bad News for San Francisco
Text and photos by Jennifer Lu San Francisco’s Ocean Beach is famous for its surfable waves. But it’s the sand beneath the bay that grabs... Read More
With Science Under Attack, Should Journalists Enter the Fray? A “House of Commons” Debate
By Kelsey Harper SAN FRANCISCO—“There’s no sitting on the sidelines today,” announces German science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt as conference attendees shuffle into the room with... Read More
The SESAME Particle Accelerator: A Symbol for Cooperation in the Middle East
By Sebastián Rodríguez SAN FRANCISCO—Science can bring us together in unexpected ways. Charles Darwin, for instance, figured out that we are all related to a... Read More
Losing Our Cool: Climate Change Spurs Global Increases in Violence and Inequality
By Annie Roth SAN FRANCISCO—We all know climate change increases the severity of tropical storms, but what about Twitter storms? According to Solomon Hsiang, director... Read More
Earth, Wind & Fire: Reporting on Natural Disasters
By Jennifer Leman Despite flames, rains and the rolling waves of a shaking Earth, a journalist must report the news. Natural disasters like wildfires, hurricanes... Read More
More People in Science “Must Be Women”: Tackling Global Gender Inequality in STEM
By Kimberly Hickok SAN FRANCISCO—Women have made great strides in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But in non-Western countries, huge gender gaps... Read More
Hit the Accelerator or Slam on the Brakes: Addressing Challenges in Immunotherapy
By Jeremy Rehm SAN FRANCISCO—Our immune system’s actions resemble yours when you drive a car. It presses the “gas” enough to attack and kill foreign... Read More