Residents near downtown L.A. are afraid to drink their brown tap water, which contains harmful levels of dangerous chemicals. By antiquated Federal standards, it's considered safe. (NYT) View

Two determined couples suffer the financial and emotional consequences of using fertility treatments that result in multiple births. (NYT) View

Survivors from an H-bomb test are sent back to radioactive Rondelap island to be used as guinea pigs for research. A 9-part investigative series. (Newsday) View

Millions of Americans suffer in silence from this extremely common disease. How can it be recognized ... and treated? Peabody Award winner. (PBS) View

National Geographic's reptile expert travels the world to wrestle with crocodiles and capture giant cobras, all in the name of science. View

Like Jonas Salk, who injected his children with his polio vaccine, a new generation of scientists is using its own children for its research. View

William Kamkwamba, 14, used scraps from a local junkyard in Malawi to provide electricity to his parents' home. Now he's celebrated internationally. (Toronto Star) View

An investigation into the devastating environmental and social impacts of mountaintop-removal coal mining during the last two decades. (Yale Environment 360 / MediaStorm) View

A 40th anniversary six-part assessment of Apollo 11's historic accomplishments, narrated by a science reporter who covered it. (NYT) View

Maggots and putrid odors don't prevent high school students from swarming to Forensic Science classes, a surprisingly alluring elective in the CSI era. (NYT) View

A science historian's scholarly explorations evolve into a one-man musical comedy about the world's most famous naturalist. (NYT) View

Two inventors -- one in France, one in Australia -- design pollution-free vehicles that run on compressed air. Detroit, are you listening? View