Researcher Helps Communities Challenge Polluters
In New Sarpy, Louisiana, residents live near and downwind from three petrochemical plants. Each year, the refineries release tons of pollution into the air and water of the surrounding communities.
Survival vs Recovery: a Biologist and an Economist Discuss the Endangered Species Act

by Kathryn Stelljes
Researchers Discuss Scientific Freedom
Scientists Accurately Map Plant Genome, Which Could Lead to New Generation of Hybrid Crops
Save the Dirt: UC Berkeley Researchers Find Pristine Soils Losing out to Farming and Development
UC Berkeley Professor Donald Dahlsten, Leading Expert in BIological Control and Forest Entomology, Dies at 69

by Sarah Yang
Research Challenges Theory that Microbes Follow Different Evolutionary Rules as Higher Organisms
Berkeley - A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has found genetic differences in a sampling of a species of hot spring-loving microbes from around the world.