April 13, 2009
Is General Motors going under, yet its Hummer being saved?
Stories by Adam Hadhazy
HealthApril 13, 2009
Mark T. Keating: Healing Hearts and Eyes
A 2005 Scientific American 50 winner moves from heart attacks to macular degeneration, and from academia to industry
April 9, 2009
Natural gas powered vehicles on the rise, even as refueling device maker goes bust
April 9, 2009
Hacked or hyped?: Have foreign cyber spies infiltrated the U.S. electricity grid?
EnvironmentApril 7, 2009
New Google maps to guide solar, wind placement
April 7, 2009
Wind powers Antarctica's first zero-emissions research station
The SciencesApril 7, 2009
Gene pool jeopardy: Can Isle Royale's wolves be saved?
April 5, 2009
Green Diamonds: Baseball Stadiums Take a Swing at Energy Efficiency
Many MLB arenas now incorporate cutting-edge ecofriendly features
April 2, 2009
Sick power: viral batteries closer to energizing hybrid cars, cell phones
HealthApril 2, 2009
Can someone live to be a supercentenarian?
A woman in central Asia claims to have just celebrated her 130th birthday, a new record for keeping the grim reaper at bay
April 1, 2009
World's largest laser completed: Nuclear fusion, Death Star battle stations next?
AutomobilesMarch 27, 2009
Tesla Motors debuts the Model S
Public HealthMarch 27, 2009
PlagueBusters: Nathan Wolfe looks for pandemics before they start
AutomobilesMarch 26, 2009
The Tata Nano: world's most affordable car set to hit the street in India
Space & PhysicsMarch 26, 2009
Space tourist to visit International Space Station--Again
TechnologyMarch 25, 2009
Tesla Motors gets ready to unveil the Model S
March 25, 2009
Drilling the Arctic for Energy: Does tapping Alaskan oil to increase energy independence come at our peril?
Plans to greatly expand fossil-fuel exploration and retrieval in the Far North are raising environmentalists' hackles
The SciencesMarch 24, 2009
Obama takes to the airwaves tonight in second primetime news conference
EnvironmentMarch 23, 2009
Scrubbing the pollutants spouted by oceangoing ships' smokestacks
March 23, 2009
20 Years After the Exxon Valdez: Preventing--and Preparing for--the Next Oil Spill Disaster [Slide Show]
The biggest oil spill in U.S. history sparked improvements in tanker construction and navigation technology, along with better crew training, but the danger remains
TechnologyMarch 23, 2009
Rise of the Machines: RoboGames Gears Up for 2009 [Slide Show]
The world's biggest open robotics competition showcases martial and creative arts, from mechanized kung fu to cyber painting and bartending
March 21, 2009
Solar panel maker gets first ever alternative-energy Fed loan guarantee
TechnologyMarch 20, 2009
Drive to the airport, get clearance, and take off in your flying... car?
EnvironmentMarch 20, 2009
Shell oil company bails on most alternative energy research