The idea of offsetting carbon emissions is sound in theory, if not yet in practice.
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MIT’s Energy Manhattan Project
MIT is spearheading an ambitious effort to develop a raft of green technologies, including laptop-powered hybrids and plasma-charged turbo engines.
Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds
People in the United States are much less likely to accept Darwin’s idea that humans evolved from apes than adults in other Western nations, a number of surveys show.
Family Albums Highlight Climate Change
Experts turn to old notebooks and photos to press home global warming message.
Debate Rages Over Animal-Human Chimeras
Should medical researchers be allowed to create human-animal hybrids to investigate disease? No, says an ethics think tank that advises the Scottish Parliament. Yes, says Ian Wilmut of the University of Edinburgh, creator of Dolly the cloned sheep.
Contest to See Who Gets to Blow Up The Wilson Bridge in DC
Officials in charge of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Replacement in Washington, DC are holding a writing contest to see who will get to push the button for demoloshing the old bridge. The person who had the worst commute will win.
Greenland Ice Cap May be Melting at Triple Speed
The world’s second largest ice cap may be melting three times faster than indicated by previous measurements, according to newly released gravity data collected by satellites.
Player Stats are Public Domain, Says Court
Major League Baseball strikes out in a case that looked at whether independent fantasy sports sites could freely use statistics and other player data.
Fantasy sports are now a multibillion-dollar industry, thanks in no small part to the Internet.
Spaceport America: From Nowhere to Out There
Spaceport America is under construction in some of the most desolate real estate in New Mexico. But it may soon become the launch pad for commercial space travel.
Tiny Icy Objects Revealed in Outer Solar System
Dozens of small icy objects have been detected in the far reaches of the solar system. Based on this sample, the objects appear far more abundant than astronomers had thought.