Managing Traffic in the Urban Age
City managers and planners say traffic must be managed in a crowding world, but how do you have a prosperous city and not have it choke on its own wealth? dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
Scientists: Meteor Likely Disintegrated
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Despite witness accounts that a meteor that streaked across the Pacific Northwest skies this week struck the Earth, scientists at the University of Washington say it likely disintegrated in the sky.... hosted.ap.org
Rare pygmy hippos spotted in Liberia's forests
Hidden away in Liberia's forests, rare pygmy hippos are surviving despite two civil wars that have ravaged their habitat, scientists said Monday. Hardly ever seen in the wild, the diminutive hippos were spotted in Liberia's Sapo Nati ... english.people.com.cn
For Carbon Emissions, a Goal of Less Than Zero
At laboratories in the United States and abroad, the search is on to develop fuels from sources that remove more greenhouse gas than they produce. nytimes.com