Jul 31 2010

Russia Forest Fires Burn; Heat Wave Ongoing

Tag: Disasters and Accidents,Drought,Heat Waves,Parks and ForestsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 4:39 pm
Hundreds of thousands of firefighters, including army troops, on Saturday battled forest fires raging across central Russia in a heat wave that has killed more than 30 people.

Jul 30 2010

Mars Rover Spirit May Never Wake from Deep Sleep

Tag: Mars,NASA,RoboticsIrene Klotz @ 6:26 pm
One of NASA’s six-year-old Mars rovers missed its winter wake-up call, prompting concerns that it may never recover from the frigid cold.

Jul 30 2010

Shark Attack Victims Still Fighting to Save Sharks

Tag: Animal Behavior,Anthropology,Conservation,SharksMichael Reilly @ 5:28 pm
The legislative battle to conserve sharks has been brutally challenging, but it remains vitally important, writes shark attack survivor Debbie Salamone.

Jul 30 2010

‘Blood Cell Phones’ Fuel War, Crime and Human Rights Abuses

Tag: Cell Phones,EWaste,MaterialsClark Boyd @ 4:20 pm
Ewaste is a major global problem. But so too is the global trade in the materials that go into our electronics in the first place. Here's a bit more about so-called "conflict minerals."

Jul 30 2010

Fishing Industry Fears Oil’s Lingering Effects

Fishermen have been an integral part of cleanup operations, but they could end up losing their jobs for a second time.

Jul 30 2010

Daydreams of Foreign Travel Prove Most Transporting

A daydream about a foreign vacation or a long-ago memory prove most likely to help you forget the present..

Jul 30 2010

Returning Cheetahs to India

India recently committed to reintroducing cheetahs to three grassland regions around the country. The speedy cats have been considered extinct in India since 1967.

Jul 30 2010

Are Electric Cars Better for the Environment?

Tag: UncategorizedJosh Clark @ 12:55 pm
It all comes down to carbon emissions, and even though electric vehicles spew zero emissions, they aren't necessarily carbon neutral.

Jul 30 2010

Revenge of the TV Monitor Zombies

Tag: Electronics,EWaste,Green Tech,Pollution,RecyclingAlyssa Danigelis @ 11:43 am
Two well-meaning nonprofits working to prevent e-waste vehemently disagree on what should happen to zombie-like TV monitors that are dangerous when they're dead. If only they could both be right.

Jul 30 2010

Dance of the Planets Gets Intimate

Tag: Extrasolar Planets,Gravity,Orbits,PlanetsIrene Klotz @ 11:00 am
This cosmic ballet is reshaping what astronomers thought was possible in solar systems beyond our own.

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