Koko the gorilla knows the signs for more than 1,000 words, and she communicates in surprising and clever ways, often using magazines such as Highlights and High Five.

Dr. Kyle McCarthy works to conserve snow leopard populations in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Ever since scientists working in Madagascar raised money for a new school, life has improved for the village children.

Twenty-four robots competed in DARPA challenge re: disaster-response tasks. Korea's DRC-HUBO won. Sidebar on the difficulty of designing a robot that can walk steadily.

Scientists have programmed robots to figure out a way to keep going after becoming damaged.

In 1998 scientists discovered the fossil of an unusual seventy-million-year-old crocodile--one that ate plants and lived in a burrow that it dug with its snout.

MIT Cheetah, a robot developed at MIT, can run and jump hurdles without missing a step! Sidebar on how its vision system works.

Scientists like Anthony Pagano are working to help polar bears. They want to find out what polar bears will need to survive in their changing habitat.

Robotics scientists invented a tiny robot that folds itself into an origami-inspired configuration and performs a variety tasks.

A smart, funny dive into the weight-loss industry, from a journalist on a quest to master healthy livingLike many of us, Andy Boyle struggled with his weight all his life. But it wasn't until one fateful pants-splitting incident that he realized he really ought to do something about it. Since then he has lost the weight. And put it back on. And lost it again. As he fumbled through his weight-loss journey, Andy learned the hard way that there's a difference between ...

A smart, funny dive into the weight-loss industry, from a journalist on a quest to master healthy livingLike many of us, Andy Boyle struggled with his weight all his life. But it wasn't until one fateful pants-splitting incident that he realized he really ought to do something about it. Since then he has lost the weight. And put it back on. And lost it again. As he fumbled through his weight-loss journey, Andy learned the hard way that there's a difference between ...

Science for Geography and Environment introduces students (and academics who need to brush up their knowledge!) to scientific principles in a lively and accessible way, allowing them to proceed through the text at their own pace. The book is structured thematically with a logical development of key topics, all linked by a comprehensive cross-referencing system. Concepts and principles will be grounded in everyday experience and exemplified by reference to geographical/environmental process...