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George Whitesides describes a cheap AIDS test
George Whitesides talks about a new, more affordable diagnostic test - useful to detect diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria - which kill millions each year in the developing world.
May 7, 2009
Swine flu preparedness. I vote yes.
The Swine flu viruses mutate. Conditions can change quickly. Is a pandemic imminent, as a Phase 5 alert level suggests?
May 3, 2009
Did water shortages contribute to swine flu?
In early February, 2009, Mexico City began severe water rationing, causing water shortages and reducing or completely cutting off water to 5.5 million people.
April 29, 2009
Space molecules and the search for life’s origins
Astronomer Anthony Remijan has found evidence that the precursors to life on Earth, large organic space molecules, form in deep space.
April 27, 2009
Climate action: Who will pay for it?
"The important and very difficult issue to deal with climate action is who is going to take action, where is this action going to take place, and who is going to pay for it," said Lorents Lorentsen.
April 26, 2009
Dust storms escalate in western U.S., affect ecosystems
Why so many dust storms now? Across vast areas, soil is being loosened by off-road vehicles, livestock grazing, road development for oil and gas production ...
April 24, 2009
Neil deGrasse Tyson on cosmic connectivity
Neil deGrasse Tyson told EarthSky, "I think the most remarkable fact about the universe is that the elements that comprise the human body and life on Earth are traceable to the actions of stars."
April 24, 2009
James Hansen: ‘We’re in a CO2 danger zone’
Carbon dioxide levels today are unacceptably high, says NASA scientist James Hansen. Hansen talked to EarthSky about the dangers of atmospheric CO2 - and what can be done to bring the levels down in the future.
April 21, 2009
Climate impacts by Jerry Melillo in the U.S.
Listen to Jerry Melillo, an ecologist at the Marine Biological Laboratory. He and his colleagues are documenting climate impacts already occurring.
April 20, 2009
Charles Rice on whether soil could speed Earth’s warming
Soil can help warm or cool the Earth - depending on how we manage it. according to microbiologist Charles Rice.
April 19, 2009
