| Nobel Winners Sign Letter Backing Obama Space Plan The letter expresses support for the president’s proposed strategy for NASA and criticizes cuts contained in a NASA authorization bill now before the House. feeds.nytimes.com |
EPA told gas drilling does, does not taint water By MARY ESCH 2010-09-13T22:25:44ZBINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) -- Rep. Maurice Hinchey told a federal hearing Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction process that he said has contaminated water near drilling sites around the country.... hosted.ap.org |
Las Vegas’s Worried Water Czar In the legal pecking order governing water users in the lower Colorado River region, the city ranks low, so Pat Mulroy keeps pushing for regional concessions. feeds.nytimes.com |
Letters: Stem: Fighting Word (1 Letter) Letters to the editor. feeds.nytimes.com |
Remarkable Creatures: How the King Cobra Maintains Its Reign What gives the king cobra its title is that it eats other snakes. But how does it maintain such an apparently high-risk lifestyle? feeds.nytimes.com |