David Mayhew On Fundamentally Changing How We Compute Can you envision plugging into the flow of information--via data centers powered by green energy like wind and solar? David Mayhew can.
Updated Fri Sep 23, 2011
Joseph DeSimone, The Inventor Of Clean Teflon, On Invention In The 21st Century The plastics scientist talks about the process behind his work in polymers and what the future holds for inventors.
Updated Tue Sep 13, 2011
Sylvia Earle On What It Means To See Open Ocean In An Arctic Summer The legendary oceanographer calls the Arctic a “hope spot.” In other words, she said, we still have a chance to get it right.
Updated Fri Sep 9, 2011
As Irene Arrives, 2011 Has Already Seen A Long List Of Billion-Dollar U.S. Disasters Snowstorms, tornadoes, flooding and droughts in 2011 have affected millions and cost billions. Here’s the National Climatic Data Center's list of everything that's caused massive damage this year.
Updated Fri Aug 26, 2011
Will Science Help Feed the World? Nina Fedoroff, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, talks about how molecular science, genetic modification, and other advances will help feed the world's growing population in this century.
Updated Mon Aug 15, 2011
Will Insect-like Flying Machines Revolutionize Surveillance? To make aerial drones even smaller, scientists are developing tiny aerial vehicles with innovative flapping wings based on those of natural insects.
Updated Mon Aug 8, 2011
Is Generosity An Evolutionary Trait? Despite the assumptions of some economists and biologists, new experiments prove that natural selection favors treating others as if the relationship will continue--even when it’s rational to believe it will not.
Updated Fri Jul 29, 2011
The Science Behind The Epic Arizona Dust Storm The huge storm in Phoenix on July 5, 2011 started with wind from local thunderstorms. And then it encountered a lot of dust.
Updated Fri Jul 15, 2011
160 Million Girls Missing From Asia Growing scarcity of girls and women has tilted the balance of the sexes and the rich and poor in nations where “gendercide” is practiced on a large scale.
Updated Fri Jun 24, 2011
China’s Wind Power Woes The country is investing heavily in renewable energy, but despite all its turbines, it's not getting the clean power it should be getting. How will that affect its ambitious renewable energy plans?
Updated Fri Jun 17, 2011
What Satellite Pictures Of Earth's Lights Can Tell Us About How Our Cities Grow After examining the patterns made by the built environment at night, Christopher Small concludes that we have a lot more space than we think.
Updated Wed Jun 15, 2011
The Weather Phenomena Causing 2011's Tornado Explosion Meteorologist Jeff Masters says that while it might not be climate change, the tornadoes are just one of many weird weather phenomena this year that may be signaling major shifts in the climate.
Updated Thu May 26, 2011
Fukushima Didn't Kill Nuclear Power, It Was Already Dead Christopher Flavin of the World Watch Institute says there wasn't a revival of nuclear power before the accident. It's actually a dwindling energy source.
Updated Thu May 19, 2011
Beauty And Devastation Amid The Chernobyl Fallout An artist’s photographs invite a closer look at the dead zone, 25 years after the accident.
Updated Thu May 5, 2011
Can The Earth Support 7 Billion People? DotEarth's Andrew Revkin on what happens as the population explodes: "The old messages of 'woe is me' and 'shame on you' are so 20th century."
Updated Thu Apr 28, 2011
Results Are In: College Students Crave Media Nearly 1,000 students from 10 countries wrote blog posts describing how they handled a day disconnected from media.
Updated Mon Apr 11, 2011
Engineered Bacteria Can Convert Sunlight, CO2 Into Diesel Fuel In early 2011, researchers patented a process involving a genetically-modified form of blue-green bacteria that converts sunlight and carbon dioxide directly into diesel fuel.
Updated Mon Apr 4, 2011
Scientists Did Not Expect 9.0 Magnitude Earthquake in Japan The March 2011 earthquake near Japan – which reached 9 on the Richter scale – was not anticipated for that region of the ocean, geophysicists say.
Updated Fri Mar 25, 2011
Debunking the "Supermoon" Theory of Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Did the upcoming "supermoon" cause the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake near Japan and subsequent deadly tsunami? No, it didn't; here's why.
Updated Thu Mar 24, 2011
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