America ponders the options for a big rocket
Month: February 2010
US faces ‘serious’ cyberspace threats: advisor (AFP)
AFP – The United States faces “serious and significant” threats within cyberspace, the White House’s…
Top British scientist says UN panel is losing credibility
Times (UK): A LEADING British government scientist has warned the United Nations’ climate panel to…
United Kingdom: Climate scepticism grows among Tories
Guardian: Most Conservative MPs, including at least six members of the shadow cabinet, are sceptical…
The leak was bad. Then came the death threats
Times (UK): PHOTOGRAPHS of Professor Phil Jones show a handsome, smiling, confident-looking man. Not chubby…
United Kingdom: I thought of killing myself, says climate scandal professor Phil Jones
Times (UK): THE scientist at the centre of the "climategate’ email scandal has revealed that…
High sensitivity to stress isn’t always bad for children
Researchers looked at 338 kindergarteners, as well as their teachers and families, to determine how…
Instruments to study space weather set for NASA launch
A $32 million instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists…
New research on Type 2 diabetes could benefit young adults with condition
Researchers have demonstrated new mechanisms in muscle cells that may explain severe insulin resistance and…
Melt from Alaskan glaciers largely overestimated in previous studies, glaciologists show
Glaciologists have shown that previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over…