Lily Huang

Ten million acres of the American West may depend on the fate of the vanishing snowshoe hare.

About 10 years ago, biology entered betting season. An upstart scientist named J. Craig Venter jolted the genetics establishment by launching his own gene-sequencing outfit, funded by commercial investment, and setting off toward biology's holy grail—the human genome—on his own.

The most important question not raised during the swine-flu panic could have been asked by a 6-year-old: where do viruses come from? The answer, it turns out, is simple, and scary: viruses come from a giant wellspring of diseases—also known as the environment—that grown-ups should be very careful not to disturb.

Researchers see 'evolution in reverse' as hunters kill off prized animals with the biggest antlers and pelts.

Sequestering tigers in nature reserves may doom them to a slow, genetic death. To save them, conservationists want to give them freedom to roam.

A green economy is the best way out of the current financial crisis, argues U.N. environment head.

Good design can mean dated products can have renewable life cycles.

With the right design, a manufactured good can be broken down into a number of universal, toxin-free components.

Social enterprise has a soulmate in Web 2.0, a powerful new tool for bottom-up, collaborative innovation.

In an experiment, the more adept children were at text messaging, the better they did in spelling and writing.

The failure of a Facebook protest in Egypt common to new technologies that seem ready to change the world, but not yet.

The new BMW M1 Hommage is like the special-edition "Star Wars Trilogy": an eye-popping, 21st- century package for an old soul. The concept car, unveiled at the Concorso d'Eleganza in Como, Italy, last week, commemorates the 30th anniversary of the original mid-engine supercar.

The population of big cats is declining at an alarming rate. Is it too late to save them?

A rose is always a rose, and this spring they'll be on lots of garments and accessories. For chilly days, Anthropologie puts a golden vine of roses on a silk and wool scarf ($88).

A rose is a rose is a dress is a purse is a … shoe? This spring, roses can be found on all sorts of garments and accessories, and still look awfully sweet.

People can't make informed decisions about privacy in online networks if they don't know what the trade-offs are.

The art of falconry—in essence, "flying a hawk"—dates back to 2000 B.C. Today it's practiced by a growing number of licensed falconers around the world who teach the basics of raising, training and flying raptors.

Mountain sports and world-class artisanal cheeses await in this pastoral French region.

Sarkozy's religion may not be a throwback to the past so much as a look to Europe's future, argues religious scholar Alan Wolfe.