Bipartisan Group Wants U.S. to Get Serious About Geoengineering
Efforts at geoengineering to cool a warming planet are picking up steam.
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Sweetener Death Match: Sugar vs. Syrup
The corn industry goes toe-to-toe with the sugar industry, for the use of the word "sugar."
DADT: Researchers Have Been There All Along
As the U.S. military today begins allowing gay service members to no longer hide their sexuality, we look at the various academic and empirical studies that surround the issue.
Las Cumbres Helps Confirm Planet With Two Suns
A retired Google exec’s dream of ringing the planet with telescopes available to kids and professional astronomers has assisted in some recent discoveries.
Culturomics 2.0 Aims to Predict Future Events
By analyzing tens of millions of news stories, a supercomputer in Tennessee may be able to predict future human events.
Black Rats Take the Bait on Palmyra Atoll
Biologists claim victory over rodents on Palmyra Atoll in an ongoing effort to restore seabird populations, this time in the tropics.
If Postal Service Diversifies, It Can Deliver
Most of the U.S. Postal Service's plans for surviving in the short term come down to cutting costs and not implementing the new ideas its own consultants have called for.
California May Be Next to Limit Employer Credit Checks
A bill on the floor of the California Senate, if passed and signed, will limit employers' ability to conduct credit checks of non-managerial employees.
Library to Rediscover Aboriginal Languages
The State Library in Australia's New South Wales is putting forth a new project to preserve forgotten or endangered Aboriginal languages.
Scientists Find Missing Drink, umm, Link
In Miller-McCune's continuing examination of brewer's yeast, we look at a new find in the world of lagers.