America's K-12 teachers are not fully prepared to meet a new set of science standards, a Michigan State University education scholar argues in Science.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 4 |

The Climate Commission's latest report, released recently, and some of the media that arose from it are excellent examples of science and journalists working together to talk about climate change and extreme ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 18, 2013 3.6 / 5 (18) 30

A lengthy battle over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which aims to funnel oil from Canada's tar sands to coastal Texas, heads to the most hotly contested area along the route Thursday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 18, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a major cybersecurity bill unless Congress amends it to include more protections for privacy and civil liberties.

Technology - Internet

Apr 17, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Canada's information commissioner on Tuesday launched an investigation into allegations that the federal government is muzzling its scientists, a spokeswoman for the commissioner said.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 17

For years, Silicon Valley companies wanted as little to do with Washington as possible. Hiring lobbyists to promote and protect their interests was about as far as they went. But a new generation of technology entrepreneurs ...

Technology - Business

Mar 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

The maps were intended to show how rising sea levels threaten some of Miami-Dade County's most vital facilities.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 17, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 16

Wildlife managers are calling it an ecological success story. Conservation advocates say it threatens to undermine years of work to recover a once-endangered species.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 3

(AP)—Conservationists say there's a new threat to the survival of Africa's endangered elephants that may be just as deadly as poachers' bullets: the black-market trade of ivory in cyberspace.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

An attempt to protect Europe's bee population has kicked up a hornets' nest. On Thursday, the EU's commissioner for health and consumer policy, Tonio Borg, proposed to restrict the use of three pesticides—called nenicotinoids—to ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 31, 2013 not rated yet 0

Urban agriculture is promoted as a strategy for dealing with food insecurity, stimulating economic development, and combating diet-related health problems in cities. However, up to now, no one has known how much gardening ...

Biology - Other

Jan 03, 2013 not rated yet 0

Even Mark Zuckerberg's family can get tripped up by Facebook's privacy settings. A picture that Zuckerberg's sister posted on her personal Facebook profile was seen by a marketing director, who then posted ...

Technology - Internet

Dec 27, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 6

(AP)—A 13-year-old girl's campaign to get Hasbro to make an Easy-Bake Oven that isn't purple or pink so it would appeal to her little brother is a fresh sign of movement in an old debate. Parents who hope ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 21, 2012 3.8 / 5 (13) 44

Mountaintop mining is the practice of using huge machines to remove layers of soil and rock to reach thin seams of coal.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 10, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP)—Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 03, 2012 4.5 / 5 (8) 9