Video of The Elements, sung by Tom Lehrer

There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium ...

Fukushima severity rating same level as Chernobyl

The Fukushima situation has not changed, but the rating on the severity scale has been raised from 5 to 7, highest level on an international scale.

Energy audit by Sanjay Sarma: the first citywide

An energy audit of a house typically takes hours. But Sarma's new method can conduct an energy audit of a building in only seconds.

All Star Trek available in July 2011 for Instant Watch over Netflix

This new deal between CBS and Netflix will make Netflix the first service to offer commercial free Star Trek.

College students crave media

Nearly 1,000 college students from 10 countries wrote blog posts describing how they handled a day disconnected from media.

Steven Fries: Emerging countries as drivers for global growth

Emerging markets such as India and China will want their fair share of all forms of energy, including the traditional fossil fuels and renewables.

In the category of Best Lab Song, the award goes to …

BioTechniques, The International Journal of Life Science Methods, does more than publish scholarly articles. It also hands out awards for "Best Lab Song".

UK study suggests mother’s happiness more important to children than father’s

An early result from a long-term study of 40,000 households in the UK suggests that a mother's happiness is key to the happiness of children.

Video of Christopher Flavin with a global perspective on nuclear power

Worldwatch Institute President Christopher Flavin spoke yesterday in Washington D.C. on the future of the nuclear energy industry.

Memories emerge from corners of the mind to do battle

A Stanford research study on "memory competition" might mean that - when you try to remember things - memories of similar experiences step in and interfere.

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