Author: Kristin Elise Phillips

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Thawing the World’s Freezer

What global warming means for preserved microorganisms.

By Kristin Elise Phillips, March 21st, 2008

Snap, Crackle, Walk

Listening to the brain to understand hand-eye coordination.

By Kristin Elise Phillips, November 16th, 2007

Tainted Lavender

Apathy and dreams along the Gowanus Canal.

By Kristin Elise Phillips, September 26th, 2007

How are nests made, and are people changing the materials birds use for them?

- asks Peggy from University Heights, OH

By Kristin Elise Phillips, July 2nd, 2007

A Dry Horizon for the Amazon

Climate changes are pushing rain forests to the point of no return.

By Kristin Elise Phillips, June 27th, 2007

The Things They Carried

Parasites, bacteria and viruses mark the trail of human evolution.

By Kristin Elise Phillips, April 20th, 2007

The Iceflow Cometh

How quickly will global warming change sea level?

By Kristin Elise Phillips, March 24th, 2007

“Someone told me that human beings have been around for only 60 thousand years. This is shorter than I thought. Is this true? Where did we come from?”

- asks Mark from New York City

By Kristin Elise Phillips, March 5th, 2007

Growing Grain in a Warming World

Some scientists are rethinking the positive effects global warming may have on agriculture.

By Kristin Elise Phillips, February 12th, 2007

Global Warming: Certain Change and Moral Uncertainty

The IPCC report says global warming is inevitable, but is there anything we can do?

By Kristin Elise Phillips, February 7th, 2007

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