Explorations

Researcher Beats His Own Drum in Considering How Brains Process and Understand Sound

by Chris Carroll | Illustration by Matthew Laumann While thorough washing can head off some of the foodborne illnesses that sicken tens of millions of…

What’s the Most Important Cultural Object in the World? Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Bill Bowerman Chair, Department of Environmental Science and…

A woman’s lifesaving new kidney arrived by drone, and the nation’s transplant system may never be the same. by Chris Carroll | Photo by John T.…

Using sensors in the Arctic, a professor hoped to visually depict the ice melting for an audience a continent away—until climate change itself disrupted his…

by Chris Carroll | Illustration by Margaret Hall Filling the Sahara, the Earth’s largest hot desert, with wind and solar electricity generation farms…

by Chris Carroll | Illustration by Kelsey Marotta Research by Maryland microbiologist Rita Colwell is enabling a new international aid effort to predict…

Researchers Explore Survival After Amphibian Apocalypse by Chris Carroll | Photo courtesy of Grace DiRenzo Following the paths that biology Professor Karen…

By Lauren Brown Students in the Philip Merrill College of Journalism published a 10-part investigative report detailing widespread problems in the Baltimore…