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Climate help by limiting carbon emissions
Limiting carbon emissions might lead to economic opportunities, said Carnesale of U.S. National Academy of Sciences committee on America's Climate Choices.
April 8, 2009
Preparing to say goodbye to the Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program is mandated to end on September 30, 2010, less than a year and a half from now. I am preparing to say goodbye.
April 7, 2009
Climate study to help determine U.S. policy
National Academy of Sciences president Ralph Cicerone talks about America's choices in response to climate change and how it will impact everyone.
April 6, 2009
Nature-lovers explore American forests in new EarthSky series
In EarthSky's Forests on the Edge series, scientists, nature-lovers and other forest experts speak of challenges facing U.S. forests and more.
April 6, 2009
Climate change may increase pest-borne disease
Listen to Harvard's Paul Epstein talk about why climate change could lead to a cluster of problems like water-borne disease, mosquito borne disease, and even rodent-borne disease.
April 5, 2009
Chimps beat undergrads in memory test
Random numbers appeared on a touchscreen. After a fraction of a second, the numbers were masked by white squares. The chimps remembered them and in numerical order.
April 3, 2009
Earthquake vigilance is very important
Kathleen Tierney of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado talks about what you can do to be prepared if you live in an earthquake-prone area.
April 2, 2009
Nanotechnology will teach us plants’ secrets
This Harvard chemist said that, to understand a plant, you have to look inside its cells. And nanotechnology can help.
April 1, 2009
Soil beneath our feet can slow climate change
As plants grow, they take up carbon dioxide, and the plant material that goes into the soil to form organic matter stabilizes that carbon in the soil.
April 1, 2009
Nanotech may revolutionize agriculture
He said nanotech - the control of matter at the atomic scale - can make our animal food systems safer.
March 31, 2009
