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• Russian Fires, Heat Waves, and a Drive Through Hell (Video)

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:51:59 EDT

  Excruciating heat may already have claimed tens of thousands of lives in Russia, and pollution from rampant wildfires is adding to the death toll.

• What’s the Frequency, Kevin? Infomercial King Recycles ‘The Secret’

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:34:23 EDT

  Infomercial king Kevin Trudeau returns to the airwaves selling a New Age idea recycled from the hit book "The Secret."

• Poo-Powered VW Beetle Runs Clean

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:49:25 EDT

  Volkswagen just debuted a prototype for a new vehicle lovingly dubbed the "Bio-Bug" that runs on processed sewage.

• Girls Hitting Puberty at Younger Age: Study

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:55:00 EDT

  Young girls are becoming little women faster than expected.

• Coal Plant Waste to Help Oil Spill Cleanup

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:12:42 EDT

  Fly ash, a by-product from the combustion of coal, has shown promise for soaking up oil in water.

• Moscow Deaths Double with Smog, Heat

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:20:00 EDT

  The smog from the peat and forest fires burning in the countryside outside the city has choked Moscow for days.

• Artificial Bee Eye Gives Insect's View

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:01:40 EDT

  Scientists have recreated an imaging system to mimic a bee's field of view, which could change the way we build mobile robots and small flying vehicles.

• Online 'Locker' Preserves Your Digital Life for Eternity

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:28:15 EDT

  A digital safety deposit box lets you store the passwords to your online accounts, which a beneficiary can access.

• Bad Breath Prompts Insects to Keel Over

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EDT

  Plant-dwelling insects have a unique defense system that zeroes in on smelly animal breath.

• Origins of a Planet Hunter

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:38:04 EDT

  What does it take to be a successful planet hunter? According to Caltech astronomer John Johnson, it requires a combination of "painstaking care in data analysis, and a lot of waiting -- patience, patience, patience!" For Johnson, patience has paid ...

• World of Proteincraft

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:35:00 EDT

  Players of online computer game solve scientific puzzles.

• Living in a Technicolor Universe

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:30:10 EDT

  An urban legend has developed over the years that the colors in modern astronomical photos are made up in a paint-by-numbers game by publicity-hungry astronomers.

• High Heels Cause Long-Term Damage

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:00:00 EDT

  Women commonly sacrifice comfort for fashion, but their choices in footwear may have a lasting impact.

• Snail Venom Inspires Powerful Pain Reliever

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:00:00 EDT

  The new drug could be the most promising painkiller since morphine was introduced.

• Top 10 'Wanted Alive' Amphibians

  Posted: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:09:58 EDT

  Animal conservationists have created a Top 10 list of "Wanted Alive" amphibians.

• Giant Glacier Breaks on Anniversary of Global Warming

  Posted: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:50:08 EDT

  Thirty-five years after the term "global warming" was coined, a stark reminder of its symptoms reared its head in the Arctic.

• Tiny Frogs Reveal Big Secrets of Plate Tectonics

  Posted: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:09:33 EDT

  Geologists disagree over when exactly the Himalayas rose up from the collision of India and Eurasia. The answer, it turns out, may lie in frog genes.

• Smog from Fires Chokes Moscow

  Posted: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:20:00 EDT

  The Russian capital is barely visible under the cloud of smog produced by raging wildfires nearby.

• GM Plants Escape Into American Wild

  Posted: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:12:00 EDT

  Genetically modified plants in the wild could lead to a farmer's nightmare: pesticide-resistant weeds.

• Why Don't Electronics Companies Use Recycled Plastic?

  Posted: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:01:10 EDT

  Recycled plastic is not as pretty as virgin plastic. But do consumers really care?

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