Global warming is opening up the Arctic Circle, and Russia would like to control its bounty of natural resources. An exclusive dispatch from the Yamal Peninsula, where reindeer give way to railroads and gas rigs every day.READ»
Scientists in their labs. Big Pharma in pursuit of the next blockbuster. An innovative foundation brings them together to speed up the discovery of multiple-sclerosis drugs.READ»
After Steven Vogt and his team announced the discovery of a planet in the habitable zone of Gliese 581 in late September 2010, other astronomers failed to confirm the discovery. Yet, as Dr. Vogt told EarthSky, the failure to confirm does not mean the planet is not there.READ»
Geoengineering, or deliberate manipulation of the Earth's climate, is a controversial topic--climate-altering schemes could slow global temperatures from rising, but nobody really knows what effects they will have in the long-run. Now we may never get to find out.READ»
If humanity continues sucking up resources at its current rate, we will need a second planet to meet our material needs by 2030 and the equivalent of 2.8 planets by 2050. That's the sobering conclusion of a new report by the World Wildlife Fund.READ»
A PSA about climate change featuring exploding children and airborne body parts isn't something that corporations want to be associated with, apparently.READ»
The 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for a powerful process to produce carbon bonds important for medicine production, materials science and electronics--including the tech behind OLED screens.READ»
NASA satellites show that the amount of water flowing into the world's oceans has jumped significantly since 1994. Say it with us now: Is global warming to blame?READ»
The Asian Development Bank has granted $630,000 to conduct initial feasibility assessments for three proposed wind farms on the Philippines island of Luzon.READ»
Graphene may be the material that transforms the electronics game into something amazingly new for the 21st century--the Nobel Prize committee seems to agree, and has awarded the 2010 Physics prize to two graphene scientists. READ»
Giving the lie to claims that the oil had "disappeared," Greenpeace scientists went out sampling and found oil as far away as 300 miles from the spill site.READ»
By integrating spider DNA into the genome of an insect already geared up for industrial silk production, a spider silk industry might finally become possible.READ»
Two Russian companies have announced plans for a commercial space station to launch in 2015 -- and they already have competition from an American company.READ»
