Hacked E-Mails Fuel Climate Change Skeptics
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
The e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university will undoubtedly raise questions about the actions of some scientists.
The e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university will undoubtedly raise questions about the actions of some scientists.
People who heard specific sounds while sleeping had enhanced memories upon awakening, researchers said.
Prior to a climate change meeting scheduled for Copenhagen, industrialized countries, except the United States, are offering targets to curb greenhouse gases.
A team from the University of Wisconsin uncovered a crucial sequence of events that rules out some explanations and severely constrains others.
The University of Nebraska would be the first such institution to set stricter limits than what national or state law allows.
Amid concerns over an aging stockpile, federal advisers have concluded that programs to extend the life of the nation’s nuclear arms ensure their destructiveness for decades to come.
Engineers tried to move the Spirit from a sand trap where it became stuck in May, but the maneuvers stopped after less than a second.
Do laws about the ownership of ancient artifacts help or hurt archaeology?
Scientists give many reasons not to worry about predictions based on the Mayan calendar that the world will end in three years.
Nathan Myhrvold, a former chief technology officer at the software company, is testing food in a lab near Seattle for a specialized cookbook.
A plan by the Federal Aviation Administration would replace radar with the Global Positioning System.
An experimental treatment for glioblastoma suppresses a barrier to deliver a drug directly to brain tumors.
The new recommendations, released Monday by an influential group, reverse longstanding guidelines.
Global warming and coastal development are decimating Pacific sea turtle populations. In Costa Rica, a group of one-time poachers is giving baby sea turtles a chance at survival.
Scientific images and news from Oct. 30 to Nov. 12.
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A plasma rocket engine now in development could reduce the travel time to Mars by two-thirds.
Evolutionary biologists and historians of science comment on Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.”
The hope among advocates is that deepwater turbines will solve some of the problems of land-based turbines and those that are built on foundations in shallow water.
Thomas Donohue, the United States Chamber of Commerce’s president, expressed hostility toward climate legislation, which led several businesses to resign in protest.
If a sheep and a goat mate, is the offspring a geep?
Mountain lions seem to actively seek out mule deer infected with chronic wasting disease.
Is the smell of old books — musty, slightly acidic, even grassy — quantifiable or useful?
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As doctors bustle from one well-documented chart to the next, no one is counting whether they are still paying attention to people.
Implants are the best solution to replace lost teeth in most cases, and they are more economical than bridges over time.
Can a person be sick with two colds at once?