Science Update

Radioactive Sub

April 29, 2002

The nuclear material from the sunken Kursk submarine doesn't seem to be contaminating the …

April 26, 2002

A 25-year effort to discover, identify, and catalog every living species on Earth.

April 24, 2002

Killifish in a river contaminated with creosote have adapted to the pollution.

April 22, 2002

A hotel in orbit around the sun could ferry astronauts between Earth and Mars.

April 19, 2002

Testing how trees along the San Pedro River respond to water deprivation

April 17, 2002

Mercury accumulates in arctic regions because of unusual chemistry in the atmosphere

April 15, 2002

Tyrannosaurus rex was not a fast runner

April 12, 2002

Fluoride may help seniors citizens build better bones.

April 10, 2002

The amygdala, an emotional center of the brain, processes thoughts before cognition

April 8, 2002

Physicists stop laser light pulses in a Bose-Einstein condensate.