Richard Stone
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In Iran, four conservation scientists face espionage charges that carry the death penalty
Some government officials say charges are baseless → Read More
National Science Foundation to close its overseas offices
Move will diminish U.S. science agency’s international clout, critics say → Read More
Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead?
Water crisis and rising air pollution in Hamouns region are stoking tensions → Read More
Cuba embarks on a 100-year plan to protect itself from climate change
Nation seeks assistance for project to strengthen coastal defenses and relocate villages → Read More
Scientists’ lives upended by Trump’s immigration order
Iran’s scientific diaspora hit disproportionately hard → Read More
Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake
Stopping Lake Urmia from turning into salt desert is the country’s top environmental priority → Read More
Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure
The rescue plan for Lake Urmia, a vast but dwindling salt lake, is Iran’s most expensive and highest profile environmental project ever. But the country has many other hot spots where the needs of a burgeoning population are taking a toll on the fragile ecosystems of this vast, water-poor land. Risking the wrath of hardliners, Iranian scientists and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are… → Read More
Feature: New observatory aims to put Iranian astronomy on the map
Astronomers in Iran are on the verge of success in their long quest to build a world-class astronomy observatory → Read More
Feature: Iranian scientists rely on ingenuity and smuggling to survive sanctions
Despite penury and isolation, Iran’s scientists have pursued an ambitious agenda. If sanctions end, research will blossom → Read More
Exclusive: Iran’s atomic czar explains how he helped seal the Iran nuclear agreement
TEHRAN—Last February, nuclear talks between Iran and world powers were foundering. The two sides had found common ground on the deal’s broad outlines, but the devil lay in the technical details. The negotiators were struggling to agree on limits to Iran’s R&D on the centrifuges used for enriching uranium. Stymied, Iranian officials asked their top nuclear scientist to join the talks: Ali Akbar… → Read More
Feature: Fidel Castro's first-born son foments a nanotech revolution
In a Q&A, Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart reveals the truth behind his nom de guerre in Russia and his efforts to launch a nanotechnology R&D center in Havana → Read More
Feature: Graying Cuba strains socialist safety net
Cuba's biotech success helped give rise to a rapidly aging population; now, its scientists are hoping to ease the disease burden in the golden years → Read More
Feature: Cuban science comes in from the cold
After keeping science alive during decades of scarcity, Cuba's "guerrilla scientists" are ready to rejoin the world → Read More