technology
As ice melts, geoengineering gets a less frosty reception
September 21, 2012A leading sea ice expert has predicted the final disappearance of Arctic ice in the summer within four years.
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German wind farm delayed over possible danger to porpoises
August 17, 2012The 230,000-plus porpoises (and dolphins) in the North and Baltic seas use sound to navigate, locate prey, and find mating partners. Interference with that could, indeed, effectively kill them.
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Today in labor history: air conditioning patented by black inventor
July 12, 2012Today in 1949 African American inventor Frederick McKinley Jones submitted 3 patents: for an automatic refrigeration system for trucks; the starter generator; and a generator for cooling gas engines - and hence air conditioning was born!...
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Robot jellyfish pulls hydrogen fuel from water
March 22, 2012An underwater robot has been modeled after a jellyfish, and will be used in rescue efforts and surveillance.
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Heat ray weapon a threat to collective action?
March 16, 2012Though originally intended for the Afghanistan War, it could soon be headed to the U.S., under the guise of a "riot control device."
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