Science – Page 54 – People's World

With walruses on thin ice, Shell pursues Arctic drilling

September 2, 2011 By Blake Skylar

As global warming threatens the wellbeing of Alaskan walruses, the government has exacerbated the issue.

The horror in Guatemala

September 2, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

We today should be as angry and indignant as if this had happened yesterday; if we are not, it could happen again.

Drug industry sells misleading ads – to doctors

September 2, 2011 By Thomas Riggins

82 percent of the ads placed by drug companies in medical journals violate the Food and Drug Administration's regulations on truthfulness and risk disclosure.

Black scientists face discrimination in health funding

August 24, 2011 By Joe Sims

Black, Latino and Asian scientists face discrimination in research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health.

The Beer Evolution: New yeast discovered in Patagonian forest

August 24, 2011 By Jordan Farrar

Beer has a history of working-class identity and is now experiencing a revolution of its own, on the microbiological level.