Earth
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Health & Medicine
Overly Hungry for Frogs
Frogs are shipped half-way round the world to sate human appetites for this lean white meat.
- Earth
Oldest zircon fine-tunes history of moon’s formation
Mineral bit provides clues about when our cosmic companion formed its crust.
- Ecosystems
Pacific Northwest salmon poisoning killer whales
A protected population of resident orcas around Vancouver Island and Puget Sound is the planet’s most PCB-contaminated mammals, says one researcher.
-
- Humans
Life expectancy up when cities clean the air
Study shows people live longer after fine-particulate air pollution is reduced.
- Earth
Antarctica is getting warmer too
Satellite data show most of the continent is following worldwide trend.
- Earth
Clearing some air over warming in Europe
A decline in fog and haze clears the air but also fuels 20 percent of the warming in Europe, a new study concludes.
- Earth
Top of Everest is an ozone overdose
Wafts from lower atmosphere, polluted regions bathe the peak in amounts that exceed EPA limits.
- Tech
Stimulus bill doesn’t ignore R&D
Featured blog: Here's where the economic-stimulus bill would attempt to revamp and reinvigorate federally financed research.
- Earth
Livestock manure stinks for infant health
Megafarm production associated with infant illness and death rates.
- Humans
Salazar I: The Value of Science at Interior
Flawed Endangered Species Act decisions brought out a request for the Interior Secretary nominee to promise to ground future decisions by the agency firmly on the science.
- Earth
World’s windiest ocean locale
News briefs from the American Meteorological Society annual meeting being held January 11–15 in Phoenix.
