A deadly earthquake in the Italian town of L'Aquila in 2009 which killed 309 people "was not unforeseeable", a judge said Thursday, reigniting a heated scientific debate over whether experts should have warned ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 16, 2013 1 / 5 (2) 7

(AP)—The Pentagon for the first time used its annual report on China to directly assert that Beijing's government and military have conducted computer-based attacks against the U.S., including efforts to steal information ...

Technology - Internet

May 06, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials are looking to the wireless industry for help.

Technology - Telecom

May 05, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 2

A new U.S. report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of honeybees across the country since 2006.

Biology - Ecology

May 02, 2013 3 / 5 (3) 1

School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and determine teachers' pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators' computer systems.

Technology - Other

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Trapped in a steel cage barely big enough to hold her, the large squirrel was not happy, pawing at the bars and trying them with her teeth. Matt Whitbeck and Cherry Keller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were glad to ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

Judy Zelikoff is filling an unwanted role. Three decades after hexavalent chromium spread under a Garfield, N.J., neighborhood, this accomplished scientist and her team of researchers at New York University may finally be ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

The new livestock identification program recently launched by the federal government should not place a significant burden on producers in Pennsylvania or the East, according to an expert in Penn State's ...

Biology - Other

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end a decades-long effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 26, 2013 2.3 / 5 (6) 0

Online deals service LivingSocial said Friday that its website was hacked, and the personal data of more than 50 million customers may have been affected.

Technology - Internet

Apr 26, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

One of the leading U.S. civil-rights organizations is taking on an unusual cause: spotty smartphone updates. The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate what it considers ...

Technology - Software

Apr 17, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 1

The Philippine coast guard said Monday it had found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat that ran aground in a protected marine sanctuary last week.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

A new government report challenges a pillar of planning for disasters at American nuclear power plants. It finds that people living beyond the official 10-mile evacuation zone might be so frightened by the prospect of spreading ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

On Twitter, a popular microblogging and social-networking service, statements about vaccines may have unexpected effects—positive messages may backfire, according to a team of Penn State University researchers ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Apr 04, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 3 |

Conservationists want to make sure Peter Cottontail is around for many Easters to come.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 31, 2013 2.3 / 5 (3) 3