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Editor's note
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Oil is a cyclical business: production expands when prices are high and contracts when they fall. But as Scott Montgomery of the University of Washington explains, technical innovations have enabled oil companies to make big new discoveries in Alaska even in a time of relatively low prices. If these fields are developed, he predicts, the Arctic will bolster America’s role as the world’s newest petro-superpower.
Meanwhile, protests continue in the streets of Venezuela against the government and President Nicolas Maduro, after the Supreme Court ruled to take power from the national assembly. Maduro, successor to Hugo Chavez, has led a steady erosion of Venezuela’s democratic institutions.But now, writes Laura Gamboa, the mask of Venezuela’s democracy has been ripped off.
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Jennifer Weeks
Editor, Environment and Energy
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Top story
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Trans-Alaska Pipeline, northern Brooks Range, Alaska.
U.S.Geological Survey/Flickr
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
Oil production used to fall when prices were low. But a new drilling boom in Alaska, driven by technical advances and global partnerships, spotlights America's rise as a world oil power.
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Science + Technology
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Daniel N. Rockmore, Dartmouth College; Michael A. Livermore, University of Virginia
The Supreme Court's public reputation is strong in part because people see it as less political than other government branches. What can text analysis tell us about how accurate that perception is?
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Mark Stoeckle, The Rockefeller University
Animals shed bits of DNA as they go about their lives. A new study of the Hudson River estuary tracked spring migration of ocean fish by collecting water samples and seeing whose DNA was present when.
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Health + Medicine
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Michael P. Holsapple, Michigan State University; Heather E. Dover, Michigan State University; Keith Ayoob, Yeshiva University
Reports about trace amounts of pesticides, like the EWG's Dirty Dozen, can leave people afraid to buy fruits and vegetables. But the hype is often overblown.
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Trending on Site
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Volodymyr Bilotkach, Newcastle University
Videos of a United passenger being involuntarily dragged off a plane went viral, creating a PR disaster for the company – one that could have easily been avoided.
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Henry F. (Chip) Carey, Georgia State University
Does Trump’s family have too much sway in the White House? We consider parallels ranging from the Ottoman empire to the Clinton administration.
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Brent Landau, University of Texas at Austin
A scholar explains the rich historical roots of Easter and how it has evolved over the centuries.
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