When an English farmer spotted an osprey a century ago, she would aim her shotgun at the broad silhouette and shoot. “They were seen as vermin,” says Alan Poole, a senior research associate at Cornell University.

It’s been a big week for space exploration, and a bit of a roller-coaster.

"Typically, when we think about regulating emissions, we regulate based on the amount of emissions from some source in some given area. What this work allows us to do is regulate based on the damage of that emission. So, ideally, you would want to focus your efforts on those sources that are the most damaging. rather than focus on those sources that emit the most." - Jason Hill This week on Living Lab Radio: Regina Jorgenson of Maria Mitchell Association explains the excitement over the first

Each month we check in with the reporters at Nature News for a roundup of recent science headlines. This month, Nature’s multi-media editor Shamini Bundell brings us these stories.

Nearly four out of five people represented in human genetic research are of European decent. That’s the result of a recent analysis that also found that 10 % are of Asian descent, while people of African, Hispanic and all other ethnicities make up less than six percent.

The U.S. is shooting for the moon, again. In March, Vice President Mike Pence said he wants to see a NASA lunar mission in the next five years. While experts debate the reality of this goal , the astronauts who already visited the moon nearly 50 years ago as part of the Apollo missions have spent time reflecting on how the experience changed them.

Government statistics suggest that one in 10 Americans is struggling with addiction. The CDC estimates that excessive alcohol use cost almost $250 billion in 2010. And opioid overdoses last year overtook car accidents as the leading cause of accidental deaths in t­he U.S. Our understanding of how addiction plays out in the brain has increased dramatically in recent years. But treatment options are still limited.

"What was shocking to me was, I thought that in the last several years as the number of studies have increased that it would have gotten a lot better. And the surprise to me was it wasn't that much better. So, it's still at roughly 80% of studies that look at genetic associations with disease are focused on people of European ancestry." - Sarah Tishkoff This week on Living Lab Radio: Nature multimedia reporter Shamini Bundell runs through recent science headlines , including evidence of the day

For many, the longer, warmer days of spring offer a chance to renew our connection with the outdoor world and activities we’ve put aside for winter. And nothing says communing with nature like Walden Pond.

Jonathan Schooler was a daydreamer as a kid, as his first grade report card made evident. “It said something to the effect of ‘When I think of Jonathan, I imagine him at the end of the line, five feet behind everybody else, shoes untied, totally preoccupied, and completely content,” Schooler recounted.