The M.I.T. and Georgia Tech teams proved most successful in using social networks to pinpoint the locations of 10 red weather balloons scattered throughout the U.S.
Can fuel cells and natural gas help reduce emissions from shipping?
A new draft agreement from both developed and developing countries might prove the key to combating climate change
The map, released close to the fifth anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, will be helpful in emergency response planning
NASA's fleet of Earth Observing System orbiters is on borrowed time due to a lack of planning and underfunding
Contrary to popular melodramas and musicals, orphanages in many countries seem to take care of abandoned children just as well as adoptive homes
Detectors buried deep within a mine registered two potential signals of dark matter, but either or both could have been background noise
Newly released data show carbon dioxide "more lumpy" than expected
The International Energy Agency has analyzed exactly what it would take to limit greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
Facial expressions and body language may reinforce racism
A trio of studies presents evidence for the more elusive small planets orbiting nearby stars
Greenhouse gases alone cannot explain the warming climate in the Himalayas. New studies are pointing to soot
Solar lanterns and more efficient appliances are part of a new U.S.-led effort to deploy clean energy across the globe to combat climate change and other ills
Using technology developed at Cornell University, Novomer gets additional funding to develop a plastic-manufacturing process that requires less oil by folding in carbon dioxide
In the swimming motions of aerobic bacteria against asymmetric gears, apparent randomness can yield directed motion
Three studies seem to disagree as to when mammoths, saber-toothed cats and other North American megafauna disappeared
As negotiators in Copenhagen work to complete a global agreement, how much are they taking science into account?
The U.S. Department of Interior plots a new use for public lands by using them as carbon sinks to abate global warming
A neuro-feedback-contrived couch in Belgium that came literally out of one of the designer's heads
Krypton trapped in Earth's mantle appears not to have been captured from the sun, as some models would predict
