Earth

Tech

Stimulus bill doesn’t ignore R&D

Featured blog: Here's where the economic-stimulus bill would attempt to revamp and reinvigorate federally financed research.

Earth

Livestock manure stinks for infant health

Megafarm production associated with infant illness and death rates.

Humans

Salazar I: The Value of Science at Interior

Flawed Endangered Species Act decisions brought out a request for the Interior Secretary nominee to promise to ground future decisions by the agency firmly on the science.

Earth

World’s windiest ocean locale

News briefs from the American Meteorological Society annual meeting being held January 11–15 in Phoenix.

Earth

Steven Chu’s Senate Confirmation Looks Certain

Senate energy committee appreciates Obama's pick for Secretary of Energy.

Earth

More Signs of Endangered Journalism

The grim reaper strikes again.

Computing

Googling: Your Cup of Tea?

In aggregrate, Internet searches can be fairly polluting.

Earth

Early asteroids unexpectedly crusty

Two meteorites retrieved from West Antarctica, fragments of an ancient asteroid, contain a type of rock commonly found in Earth’s crust but previously unseen in meteorites.

Earth

Planet Earth: An Illustrated History

Earth

For a big view of inner Earth, catch a few … Geoneutrinos

Agriculture

Candy cane strategy sweetens life for goldenrods

Goldenrods temporarily duck their heads during pest season

Earth

Warmer oceans would fuel more thunderstorms

Satellite data reveal more thunderheads forming as tropical sea-surface temperatures rise.