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Stimulus Funds for Science Raise Concern about Misconduct

About $31 billion in stimulus funds will go to science. Can watchdogs keep track of those funds?

Clean Diesel Comes of Age

A new study shows that diesel trucks and buses are spewing far less soot and smog into the air than they did just a few years ago

Voyage to the Pacific Ocean's "garbage patch"

Supremes nix right to DNA testing for convicts

How to Sell Cap & Trade

First, drop that name

Subsidized Fertilizer: The Answer to Africa's Food Crisis?

Heavy use of fertilizers causes environmental problems in the U.S. and China, but a global team of scientists is prescribing more use of fertilizers for sub-Saharan Africa

China wants Web filters placed on all PCs, to the chagrin of U.S. PC makers

Carbon counter unveiled in New York City

Energy Secretary: We Need New Ag Revolution

In his CalTech commencement address on June 12, Nobel physicist and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu called for a new agricultural revolution, led by scientists

Still Needed: A Climate Plan--Looking Past Cap and Trade [Extended version]

Markets and negotiations are no substitute for rational planning and new technology

The Dirt on Biofuels

Are biofuels going to play a role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions? David Biello reports.

Golfers take par when they could do one better

Tiger Woods could make $1.2 million more every year. How? If he'd spend less energy trying to avoid bogeys and aimed for more birdies (no, not the ones in the trees—a stroke under par), according to a forthcoming paper...

Virus hits Genzyme plant, halting production of orphan drugs

Senate Advances Comprehensive Energy Bill

National renewable standards and offshore drilling still in question, however

The Impact of Global Warming on Human Fatality Rates

Are the effects of climate change on human life being monitored?

[Slide Show] "Smart" Bridges Harness Technology to Stay Safe

Engineers are deploying sensors to monitor the condition of some of the world's most famous bridges

[Slide Show] "Smart" Bridges Harness Technology to Stay Safe

Engineers are deploying sensors to monitor the condition of some of the world's most famous bridges

Global Warming Impacts In Every Corner of the United States

White House report calls for response to wide-reaching effects of climate change

Act Now on Global Warming—Energy after the Kyoto Protocol Expires

Boost the price on energy from carbon and give the proceeds back to consumers

FBI Sting Catches Alleged Archaeological Thieves in Southwest

One arrestee tells his tale: "I'm guilty of arrowhead collecting"