Water, water everywhere, but in Taiwan today there's just a drop to drink
Starting today, residents in several cities in northern Taiwan will wake up, turn on the tap and nothing will come out. Drought seems to be capturing headlines lately. California, as you've probably...
View ArticleRenewed diplomacy still leaves Cubans stuck in a dial-up world
Getting online in Cuba has never been easy, so it's no surprise that people who thought the US-Cuba thaw would quickly improve Internet connections to the island have so far seen only...
View ArticleThe Pentagon's drive to field a workable missile defense shield has produced...
The Pentagon is known for its lavish spending and massive budget, which exceeds the defense spending of the next eight countries combined.Since the Reagan Administration, the Department of Defense has...
View ArticleWeed-killing sprays may also be killing our ability to fight bacteria
You may have seen the sign at your doctor's office: Big, bad bacteria chase down a penicillin capsule, warning us not to abuse our antibiotics lest they became useless against new and emerging...
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The 'green' Tea Party fights for a more environmentally friendly GOP
While the race for the Republican presidential nomination is quickly picking up speed, another contest is underway that could also be decisive for the party’s future — and maybe Earth’s future as...
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Fracking is about to change, and almost no one is happy about it
The Obama administration recently announced new rules to regulate fracking. But no one, it seems, is entirely happy with them.Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of drilling and injecting...
View ArticleHow does this tiny bird make a nonstop, three-day flight? Become a 'flying...
Think of the longest flights in the world and you might picture a trip to Australia or a super-long-range bombing mission. You probably won't think of a tiny songbird called the Blackpoll warbler — but...
View ArticleEven the FDA has no idea what's in the food you eat. And here's why
Rebecca Fattell was enjoying breakfast at a hotel in Berlin last summer when, after a few bites of a roll, her mouth started to itch, her gums started to hurt and before long, hives covered her...
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Obama administration re-prioritizes climate change and makes a ‘serious...
The next round of climate change negotiations is set to take place in Paris this December, and there are reasons to be optimistic that they’ll be more successful than the failed Copenhagen talks of...
View ArticleSome of Pearl Harbor's unknown victims will get a second chance at...
Losing a loved one is never easy, but imagine if you had no remains for a proper funeral or no gravesite to visit. That has long been the case for the families of thousands of Americans who died in...
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To prevent the next Ebola, scientists try to catch new viruses before they...
No one knows for sure what started the West Africa Ebola outbreak, which has killed 10,000 people. But some scientists think it might have begun with a 2-year-old Guinean boy, a hollowed out tree he...
View ArticleDeep sea robot salvages sunken British treasure from a record depth
Treasure hunting has come a long way since Long John Silver had a map marked with an X.There are still maps. Researchers make them after trawling through archives to locate the last known places where...
View ArticleFive years later, the Gulf of Mexico is still recovering from Deepwater Horizon
It's been just over five years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf. And today, scientists...
View ArticleWhat links the global Internet? Wires inside tubes no bigger than a garden hose.
With cell phone, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth almost everywhere, it sometimes seems like we’ve finally ditched the cumbersome cords that are tethering us and our gadgets to Earth. But in reality, we live in a...
View ArticleEarth's biggest natural fridge is turning into a greenhouse gas machine
As you might guess from its name, you don't ever want permafrost to thaw out.Permafrost is like the world’s refrigerator, says Janet Jansson, a microbiologist and division director of biological...
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A real hockey meltdown threatens Canada's signature sport
If hockey is Canada's religion, its cathedral is the great outdoors.Generations of young Canadians have learned the game on ponds and homemade outdoor rinks — even hockey god Wayne Gretzky. The story...
View ArticleMan’s best friend may have been the Neanderthal’s downfall
Why did Neanderthals, our ancestral cousins, disappear from the Earth? There are already plenty of theories, from climate change to lack of intelligence. Now you can add dogs to the list.Pat Shipman, a...
View ArticleAs new leader of the Arctic Council, the US will focus on the region's Big Thaw
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic.That will be a key message over the next two years when the United States holds the rotating chair of the Arctic Council, a group that fosters...
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Will new garbage bins bring Toronto victory in its war on raccoons?
Bennett Mills is a self-proclaimed raccoon magnet."I’ve had them sitting in the car beside me. I've had them in my kitchen. I've had them lying on my bed," he says. "I've had them in places that I...
View ArticleSouthern Chile readies for a third volcano eruption
After sitting dormant for about half a century, the Calbuco volcano erupted outside the Chilean city of Puerto Montt.The pictures and videos of it are pretty incredible. I've been looking at them all...
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