Spreading Disorder in Communities
[20 November 2008]
In the latest issue of Science, researchers say that graffiti, littering and other signs of social disorder can increase peoples’ willingness to disobey social rules.
Hitachi Lecture: "The Living Planet to the Rescue"
[18 November 2008]
Nature is rearranging itself to adapt to a warming climate, but humans can work in concert with the world's natural systems to avert disaster, ecologist Thomas Lovejoy said at AAAS.
Malaria: Avoidable, But Still a Threat to Millions
[17 November 2008]
Malaria continues to be a threat in developing countries because of treatment challenges and geopolitical struggles, two influential researchers said at a AAAS discussion.
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Graffiti on a utilities box in Vancouver in 2006 [Photo © Creative Commons user Xanthine Complex, licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike 1.0]](/news/releases/2008/images/sm/1120disorder_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Graffiti on a utilities box in Vancouver in 2006 [Photo © Creative Commons user Xanthine Complex, licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike 1.0]")
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Thomas E. Lovejoy](/news/releases/2008/images/sm/1118hitachi_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Thomas E. Lovejoy")
![[PHOTOGRAPH] A female Anopheles albimanus mosquito feeding on a human host [Photograph by James Gathany, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Public Domain image]](/news/releases/2008/images/sm/1117challenges4_malaria_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] A female Anopheles albimanus mosquito feeding on a human host [Photograph by James Gathany, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Public Domain image]")
