Charlie Heck

Predicting West Nile outbreaks may soon become as common as predicting the weather.

How many hurricanes will the United States really get this year?

Ancient DNA is now helping identify specific origins of slave skeletons found in Caribbean.

In a few years, you won't need to check under your Band-Aid to see how well that cut is healing.

How to (safely) give the brain a little electro-boost.

Scientists are racing against climate change to determine the impact of thawing Arctic soils and the carbon released during that process.

Researchers are busy building the scaffolding for next-generation chemistry.

A warming planet is impacting sea-ice algae, triggering a food-chain domino effect that leads to whales and polar bears.

To find the base of the Arctic food chain, scientists have to venture far out, and into, sea ice.

Arctic squirrels are circadian superheroes.

The arctic ground squirrel's ability to adapt to constant daylight may lead to answers for human sleep disorders and other health problems.