Experts Urge Caution As $50 Billion In Sandy Aid Passes House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68pChI9HknE
View ArticlePowerful But Fragile: The Challenge Of Lithium Batteries
Boeing announced late Friday that it is postponing deliveries of its new 787 Dreamliner because of problems with its big batteries. Aviation authorities in the U.S. and abroad grounded the new...
View ArticleSand After Sandy: Scientists Map Sea Floor For Sediment
Congress has now agreed to give some $60 billion to states damaged by Hurricane Sandy. A lot will go to Long Island, one of the hardest hit areas. Besides damages to homes and businesses, its system of...
View ArticleBoston Grapples With The Threat Of Storms And Rising Water
Since the drubbing that Superstorm Sandy gave the Northeast in November, there's a new sense of urgency in U.S. coastal cities. Even though scientists can't predict the next big hurricane, they're...
View ArticleNatural Gas Dethrones King Coal As Power Companies Look To Future
The way Americans get their electricity is changing. Coal is in decline. Natural gas is bursting out of the ground in record amounts. And the use of wind and solar energy is growing fast. All this is...
View ArticleElephant Poaching Pushes Species To Brink Of Extinction
A new study of Central African forest elephants has found their numbers down by 62 percent between 2002 and 2011. The study comes as governments and conservationists meet in Thailand to amend the...
View ArticleSince End Of Last Ice Age, Rates Of Global Warming 'Amazing And Atypical'
There's plenty of evidence that the climate has warmed up over the past century, and climate scientists know this has happened throughout the history of the planet. But they want to know more about how...
View ArticleCould Tapping Undersea Methane Lead To A New Gas Boom?
The new boom in natural gas from shale has changed the energy economy of the United States. But there's another giant reservoir of natural gas that lies under the ocean floor that, theoretically, could...
View ArticleIs The Sky The Limit For Wind Power?
Wind power is growing faster than ever — almost half of the new sources of electricity added to the U.S. power grid last year were wind farms.But is the sky the limit? Several scientists now say it's...
View ArticleWhat's Behind The 'Fairy Circles' That Dot West Africa?
There's a mystery in West Africa that's puzzled scientists for years. Strange circles of bare soil appear in grassland; they're commonly called "fairy circles." These naturally occurring shapes last...
View ArticleHow Doctors Would Know If Syrians Were Hit With Nerve Gas
President Obama affirmed Tuesday that there's evidence Syrians have been attacked with chemical weapons — in particular, nerve gas.But that's not the same as proof positive."We don't know how they were...
View ArticleBones Tell Tale Of Desperation Among The Starving At Jamestown
"First they ate their horses, and then fed upon their dogs and cats, as well as rats, mice and snakes."So says James Horn of the historical group Colonial Williamsburg, paraphrasing an account by...
View ArticleWith Rising Seas, America's Birthplace Could Disappear
By the end of the century, the birthplace of America may be underwater.The first successful English colony in America was at Jamestown, Va., a swampy island in the Chesapeake Bay. The colony endured...
View ArticleBig-Mouthed Toucans Key To Forest Evolution
Brazil is a paradise for birds; the country has more than 1,700 species. Among them is the colorful toucan, a bird with an almost comically giant bill that can be half as long as its body. There are...
View ArticleTiny, Ancient Tree-Dweller Was One of Earth's Earliest Primates
The origin of the first primates — the group that includes humans, apes and monkeys — is thought to lie in the deep past, about 55 million years ago.Fossils from that period are rare. But now, there's...
View ArticleIn Montana Wilds, An Unlikely Alliance To Save The Sage Grouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0M8pZnNlnI
View ArticleSaving One Species At The Expense Of Another
To keep America's wilderness anything like it used to be when the country was truly wild takes the help of biologists. They have to balance the needs of wildlife with those of cattle-ranching and...
View ArticleWastewater Wells, Geothermal Power Triggering Earthquakes
The continental U.S. experiences small earthquakes every day. But over the past few years, their numbers have been increasing. Geoscientists say the new epidemic of quakes is related to industrial...
View ArticleOm Nom Nom: T. Rex Was, Indeed, A Voracious Hunter
Tyrannosaurus rex is perhaps one of the most famous animals to have ever roamed the Earth. This huge, fierce meat-eater has graced Hollywood films as the perpetual villain, and it has played a...
View ArticleWildfires Will Worsen, And Further Strain The Forest Service
The deaths of 19 firefighters near Yarnell, Ariz., this summer have focused a lot of attention on just how bad wildfire has become in the West. And research predicts the situation is going to get...
View Article
