Jul 27 2011
Teens Find Weeds in Tea
Students in high school conducted DNA tests on teas and found herbal brews contained common weeds.
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Jun 23 2011
Routine Weather Costs U.S. $485 billion
Aside from great storms and other disasters, routine weather variation costs the U.S. economy $485 billion a year.
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Apr 26 2011
Foggy Notions for a Thirsty World
Mesh fences are harnessing water from fog to provide a lifeline to small impoverished communities.
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Mar 22 2011
Mathematical Budding Model Revealed in a Lily
The blooming of the lily provides a mathematical surprise, showing that poets had it right all along.
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Feb 20 2011
The Fallout of a Helium-3 Crisis
A shortage of a specific type of helium has caused a physics and engineering scramble across the United States.
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Jan 11 2011
EarthObserver: A Planet in Your Pocket
Great new -- free -- earth science software applications for the iPad and iPhone-iPod Touch have been developed by scientists and software engineers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.
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Dec 30 2010
Pale Blue Dot
Twenty years ago, Voyager 1 snapped a photograph that yielded an iconic image of Earth.
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Dec 30 2010
Pale Blue Dot
Twenty years ago, Voyager 1 snapped a photograph that yielded an iconic image of Earth.
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Nov 24 2010
Cholera in Haiti likely to infect 400,000
The bacterial infection is rapidly outpacing efforts to help Haitians who are desperate for answers and solutions.
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Nov 21 2010
Contaminated Seafood Sneaking Past Security
Keeping seafood safe for consumers requires testing imports for unapproved drugs. Should buyers be given the information about the origins of their seafood and make the call themselves?
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