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News 11/6/09
Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite: Pest Management Proves More Effective than Pesticides
A new study shows that so-called integrated pest management can control pests, such as bedbugs, better than powerful pesticides

News 11/6/09
Hot Spot Hot Rod: The Internet Invades the Automobile
A group of companies led by Alcatel-Lucent demonstrate the power of next-generation wireless broadband technologies by rolling out a Prius with 4G connectivity
News 11/5/09
Can Closing the Ozone Hole Also Help Combat Climate Change?
Finding alternatives to refrigerants such as hydrofluorocarbons will help prevent the ozone hole being healed at climate's expense
News 11/5/09
Being Green: 10 Earth-Friendly Habits You Can Adopt
Passive cooking, gas cap checkups, neighborhood dating and more
News 11/5/09
Tweak Gravity: What If There Is No Dark Matter?
Modifications to the theory of gravity could account for observational discrepancies, but not without introducing other complications

News 11/4/09
Jurassic Start: Fossil Pushes Tyrannosaurs' Origin Back 10 Million Years
Proceratosaurus was quite small compared with T. rex but it extends the tyrannosauroid group back to the middle Jurassic, further than any other known fossil

News 11/4/09
El Niño Cycles Threaten Some New World Monkey Populations
A new study explores how El Niño weather patterns impact fruit- and leaf-eating primates in Central and South America

News 11/3/09
An Elemental Solution: Using Zinc to Stave Off Childhood Diarrhea in Developing Countries
A prolific killer of young children worldwide, diarrhea may have met its match with cheap and available zinc tablets. A new study examines how one country has gotten the word out to parents and doctors

News 11/3/09
Could Eating Too Much Soy Be Bad for You?
New studies suggest that eating large amounts of soys estrogen-mimicking compounds might reduce fertility in women, trigger early puberty and disrupt development of fetuses and children

News 10/30/09
Idle Moments Turn into Tons of Air Pollutants at Schools
Idling school buses spew tons of exhaust into the air, putting children at risk when they leave school at the end of each day. In New York City alone, idling vehicles emit as much pollution as nine million diesel trucks driving from the Bronx to Staten Island. But the city's laws requiring them to shut down their engines in school zones are poorly enforced.

News 10/30/09
Slip-Sliding Away: Myrtle Beach Erosion Could Explain Sand Loss along the U.S. East Coast
Sand, sea and surf--a U.S. Geological Survey report takes a holistic approach to studying coastlines to determine how best to save the beaches

News 10/29/09
U.S. Lags Behind World with Its Patchwork Approach to Curbing E-Waste
One of the world's largest producers of electronic refuse, the U.S. imposes no federal restrictions on what materials can be used to make electronic devices or how they can be discarded

News 10/27/09
Polarized Peepers: Crustacean's Eyes Surpass Man-Made Optical Devices in Manipulating Light
A species of mantis shrimp, thanks to a unique eye structure, can perceive light that is circularly polarized

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Powering a Green Planet: Sustainable Energy, Made InteractiveThe Web-only article below is a special rich-media presentation of the feature, "A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030", which appears in the November 2009 issue of Scientific American. It was created by FlypMedia.com. Use the arrow in the lower corner to navigate