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World Population Day 2010
On World Population Day 2010, experts are highlighting the concepts of 'everyone counts' and open data with information available to everyone.
July 12, 2010
Marshall Shepherd: roads and roofs cause floods
Marshall Shepherd says impervious surfaces - roofs, streets, and sidewalks - for recent major floods in Atlanta, Nashville and Oklahoma City.
July 12, 2010
Pamela Ronald has developed a more flood-tolerant rice
The rice has the same taste, feel, and harvest schedule as traditional rices. Pamela Ronald believes that's one reason farmers are now using it.
July 12, 2010
Patricia Mechael on mHealth, or mobile health
Patricia Mechael discusses health care workers using cell phones to improve the health of pregnant women and babies in small African countries.
July 12, 2010
David Fowler: ‘Science brand equity builds public trust’
David Fowler indicates science brand equity is emerging as a way for companies and institutions to build trust by communicating it.
July 5, 2010
Farming can become more sustainable
A report from the National Research Council, suggests that U.S. farming needs to look beyond its focus on low costs and high production.
July 2, 2010
A sense of humor helps to keep people healthy
A sense of humor helps to keep people healthy and increases their chances of reaching retirement age, according to a new study.
July 2, 2010
Energy from algae is a wildcard
Dr. Kammen, energy and policy advisor to the Obama administration, spoke to EarthSky about the potential of energy from algae - tiny ocean plants.
June 28, 2010
Why so hard to plug oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico?
Why is it so hard to plug the oil leak in the Gulf oil spill? The answer mostly has to do with pressure, says biogeochemist Mandy Joye.
June 28, 2010
Is it true we use only 10 percent of our brains?
Do we really use only a small portion of our brains? You don't use all your brain at once, but over the course of days your entire brain does get used.
June 20, 2010
