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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
Amazon smoke slows formation of clouds, rainfall
Listen to atmospheric scientist Ilan Koren talk about the effects of man-made forest fires on weather in the Amazon basin and Amazon smoke.
March 29, 2009
Clearing up climate change misconceptions
Kudos to a journalist who debunked climate change myths and explained climate change facts.
March 27, 2009
AIDS detection lab in a cell phone
Optics expert Ozcan optics expert modified a standard cellphone with a camera sensor to diagnose malaria and works as an AIDS detection in patients.
March 26, 2009
Oceans keep Europe warm by Paul Baker
Baker said a slowdown of ocean circulation, caused by global warming, could mean less heat brought by the oceans to Earth's high latitudes. And that means, in a warming world, Europe could get cold.
March 25, 2009
Nuclear weapons can be controlled
Seismologist Paul Richards says that scientists can now detect any nuclear test of military significance, no matter how secret. He feels nuclear weapons can be controlled.
March 24, 2009
Ancient fanged boar-croc discovered
Two horns coming out the back of the skull, a stub nose in the front, and three sets of fangs. This ancient fanged boar-croc is a relative of the modern crocodile and lived in the African Sahara 90 million years ago.
March 22, 2009
The promise of new stem cell lines
Listen to MIT professor Richard Hynes talk about President Barack Obama's 2009 move to lift Bush's limits on stem cell research.
March 21, 2009
