Pres. Obama began his term with a speech emphasizing alternative energy, health care and a focus on education. What's the future of stem cells and other issues that frustrated scientists during the Bush administration?...
GeoEye 1 puts an historic event in perspective
GeoEye 1 puts an historic event in perspective
Farmers and conservationists don't always see eye-to-eye. But a team of researchers in the U.K. is looking at how raising animals on disappearing natural grasslands might help conserve both the land and the farmers...
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Pres. Obama's inaugural address noted the importance of science, a coherent energy policy and basic curiosity. Produced by Steve Mirsky
Scientists this week urged further research on tungsten— the metal used to make lightbulb filaments, shotgun shells, electrical wires and even wedding bands—to rule out possible health risks to humans and the environment in the wake of studies showing that it may cause reproductive problems in earthworms and stunted growth in sunflowers.
In an article published this week in Chemical & Engineering News , researchers suggest that not enough is known to determine whether tungsten is safe, and that studies need to be conducted to assess how much is in drinking water and the soil – and whether it poses dangers for humans, animals and plants...
Killer whales, the planet's most contaminated wild creatures, are ingesting chemicals from Chinook salmon in the polluted Puget Sound area
Scientists tell Pres. Barack Obama how the space agency could help solve the world's number-one problem
If the ocean were tapped as a source of fresh water, what impact would that have on the environment?
Many survivors of US Airways flight 1549 suffered from hypothermia after the passenger jet crash-landed in the Hudson River. What would have happened to them if rescue teams had taken longer to arrive?...
New mobile services provide instant access to the healthiest, greenest catch
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Scientists turn to genetics to help replenish the U.S. Northwest's endangered salmon population
That is the question facing the U.S. Supreme Court in a case on the waste from mining. David Biello reports
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