Bruce Dorminey
Fracking Away the Wildlife
A spiderweb of natural gas sites is making it harder for the antelope to roam.
Burning Ice: The Next Energy Boom?
Oil companies and governments around the world are examining how to uncage huge amounts of methane gas locked up in undersea ice.
Prop Planes: The Future of Eco-Friendly Aviation?
Propellers’ role in flight date back to the dawn of engine-driven aviation. But the next generation of propeller-driven aircraft engines will put their rotors back in the spotlight.
New Dirt on Climate Change
Researchers have drilled into the middle of America in hopes of understanding past eras when the Earth burped out huge amounts of greenhouse gases.
Long Slog for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Efforts to create a suitable habitat for a striking bird that may or may not be extinct continue a half decade after its reported but uncorroborated resurrection.
Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change?
In an interview with Miller-McCune.com, meteorologist Kevin Trenberth examines the world’s recently wacky weather and whether it’s a sign of climate change or just routine variability.
Theorist Says Global Free Trade Necessary
Financial theorist and trade historian William J. Bernstein portrays globalization as inevitable and ultimately more benign than malign.
Trumpeter Swans Try to Dodge a Bullet
Having survived an extinction scare a century ago, the world's largest waterfowl is stalked by the remnants of past shotgun blasts.
The Crazy Horse Memorial - What Would Crazy Horse Think?
A larger-than-Rushmore size granite memorial to the famous Sioux warrior has been under construction since 1948, but is that really what the Sioux residents in the area need?
National Grasslands Slowly Claim Back Prairies
North America's grasslands filled an ecological role that goes mostly unfilled in their hugely reduced state.
Mount Rushmore's Protections Foster Assault by Pine Beetles
Hands-off care of the forests around Mount Rushmore may have created a sweet spot for an ancient enemy of the Ponderosa pine — the mountain pine beetle.
Delivering Good News on the Stork
Pushed by human development onto the endangered list, the American wood stork is wading back to its historical haunts in the swampy Southeast.
Measuring the Melting Arctic Sea Ice
A new satellite will measure to the centimeter just how far gone, or going, the Arctic ice cap really is.
Developing World's Scientific Literacy May Lie in its Stars
Jacob Zuma says the World Cup can score an economic goal for his country, but a collection of international astronomers meeting in his backyard have a starry-eyed yet down-to-earth suggestion for the developing world.
A Survey of Asteroid Mitigation Measures
Giant rocks or snowballs in space, while more likely to hit in Hollywood than anywhere else on Earth, remain a threat that policymakers are taking seriously.
Hibernation May Remove Obstacle to Human Space Travel
Understanding bears' success at dozing through foodless winters may help human medical care or even impact interstellar flight.
Other Species May Ride to Oranges' Aid
Exceptionally cold temperatures and a vicious bacterium are giving the Sunshine State's citrus trees a battle, but science in on the oranges' side.
Getting a Handle on Old Growth's Prospects
From forest trails to NASA missions, researchers are trying to get a handle on what 'old growth' means and how it can be saved.
A Visit to Dirty Snow Cones National Park
The eponymous highlights of Glacier National Park are fast disappearing.
Snagging Free-Range Solar Power in Space Is An Option
Floating solar cells far above Earth and beaming the energy to the grid has shifted from loony to funded.
Colonization 101: The Hunt For Moon Water
The looming LCROSS mission's lunar bomb-run could spur humankind's effort to live on the moon — if it does find reasonable quantities of water.
2 BD, 1 Bath, Nice View of Earth
The lure of colonizing space has moved from science fiction to the hard work of figuring out how to do it and what we get out of it.
Tea Leaves a Sweet Taste In Doctor's Mouth
As summer comes to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, we take a look at the benefits of the unofficial required beverage for the Southern United States.
Colonizing Space, 40 Rats at a Time
In preparation for colonizing space, a crack crew of middle-aged rats is colonizing a patch of Barcelona.
It’s a Crazy, Mixed-Up World Inside Our Planet
New ground and satellite observations will take discussion about geomagnetic pole reversals away from the talk radio shamans and Hollywood schlockmeisters, and give it back to the scientists.
Under Pressure
Before hitting the road this summer, you might take a page from the president's campaign playbook and make sure your tires really are properly inflated.
Space Probe to Measure How Sloshed Mother Earth Is
A European satellite scheduled to launch today will provide hard data on rising seas.