This Week: Death of the mastadon
In the News: Antarctic ozone hole: 10th largest on record!
Coming Thursday: Return of the wild: Coyotes, bears and turkeys are back!
By tweaking the conventional recipe, researchers have sped up electricity movement in a lithium battery by 100X. Want to charge your electric car in minutes or your phone in seconds?
Frosty questions: Are some snowflakes identical? How do flakes form, and how does weather affect their shape? How does ice in the atmosphere affect weather and climate? And where does the jet stream fit in this picture?
How do we forecast or predict volcanoes? How do volcanoes change the landscape? How does life return after an eruption?
Edward Teller helped invent the hydrogen bomb, then pushed missile defense. By public advocacy and secret research, he changed the 20th century.
Worldwide thirst for oil, Hurricane Katrina, political instability, conservation failures add up to record demand and record prices for fuel. Can inherently “safe designs” reduce the risk of meltdown? Should we support a revival of fission power?