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Riley Crane wins computer science challenge
A contest challenged teams to be the first to find ten red balloons, randomly hidden all across the U.S. Riley Crane and his MIT team was the first to find all 10.
March 22, 2010
Why Americans don’t trust science
The author of the 2009 book, Unscientific America spoke about American inaction on climate change. Read why Americans don't trust science.
March 15, 2010
US, China urged to cooperate on reducing emissions
Jim Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy, talks about how he's urging energy firms in the US and China to cooperate in reducing emissions.
March 8, 2010
Perception of environmental risks among Pacific Islanders
Melissa Finucane studied how farmers and ranchers in Hawaii perceive and act on environmental risks.
March 8, 2010
How does your remote control work?
With the punch of a button, your remote sends a different flashing light message, much like Morse code, for each job you want done.
March 2, 2010
Millennium Villages Project works to eradicate hunger
At least a billion people don't know where their next meal is coming from, according to Pedro Sanchez, director of the Millennium Villages Project.
March 1, 2010
Global health impacts of climate change
The biggest global health impacts are to people in developing countries, but people worldwide face some risk to their health from climate change.
March 1, 2010
Going bald is an inherited trait
Baldness is a genetically-inherited trait. A bald head might have been a signal of a good mate early humans. So going bald may be a neutral trait.
February 22, 2010
AAAS meeting in San Diego
This AAAS meeting consists of scientific talks - hundreds of them, by some of the world's leading scientists - with many going on simultaneously.
February 19, 2010
Carol Greider on her 2009 Nobel Prize
Carol Greider figured out that an enzyme called telomerase is what prevents our chromosomes from getting smaller and smaller.
February 15, 2010
