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Bill Gates Funds Human Waste To Biofuel Project In Ghana

Developing countries lack both clean water and clean energy sources. By converting soiled water into energy and clean water, a new project could wipe away both problems.READ»

Orbit: NASA's Space-Shuttle Program Ends

Unless the new Congress approves an appropriations bill sending hundreds of millions of dollars to NASA, the space agency will launch its final space-shuttle mission on February 27, at 3:35 p.m., give or take 10 minutes. As the $115 billion reusable-orbital program retires, we look back at six notable missions from its 30-year history.READ»

• Now: February 2011
• Space Shuttle Discovery: The Old Lady of the Shuttle Fleet

First Peer-Reviewed Numbers on BP Oil Spill Disaster Released

The Earth Institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory reveals how many millions of barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico.READ»

Three Insights Into Doing Business in Venezuela

This week I ran a program on “influencing” for 240 managers and entrepreneurs in Colombia. Although, as usual with my travels, I don’t get to stay as long as I would have liked, (I only stayed in Caracas for a little more than ...READ»

IBM, Columbia University Team Up for Green Jobs Initiative

  With 5 million new jobs in the clean energy sector expected as part of the Obama administration's $150 billion clean tech investment, any science-minded college student that doesn't consider a future in clean energy would be ...READ»

Cities Go Gaga for Google Fiber With Glowsticks! Flashmobs! Twistee Treats! An Icy Lake Jump!

Watch how far cash-strapped municipalities will go to lure Google's big bucks and super-fast fiber network. Desperation, apparently, is a dish best served frozen. READ»

Pocket-Sized Pollution Sensor Begins Testing

It's no secret that residents of carcinogen-thick cities have above average incidences of asthma. Now a new generation of pocket-sized pollution detectors, developed by scientists at Columbia University and the Pacific Northwest ...READ»

Scientists Developing iPhone App to Crowdsource Plant Research

A group of scientists and researchers from the Smithsonian, University of Maryland, and Columbia University is working on an iPhone application that turns budding scientists into valuable research contributors. The application ...READ»