Cyber attacks against power plants and other vital infrastructure may be higher than previously believed A new study [ PDF ] that interviewed power plant operators and other “critical infrastructure” indicates more than 50 percent of all U.S. power …
More than five years after the District banned the use of hand-held cellphones while driving, the first definitive evidence emerged Friday that it hasn’t made the streets much safer. Ten days after a national study found that cellphones and t…
Why the Earth’s surface temperature hasn’t warmed as expected over the past decade continues to be a puzzle for scientists.
Car-dependent communities have statistically higher rates of mortgage foreclosureA new study conducted by researchers from the University of Alabama and University of Florida, sponsored by the Natural Resource Defense Council , shows that car…
A new study puts the spotlight on an imminent threat to coastal communities: extreme waves that are growing taller over time in some parts of the world.
Girls have long embraced the stereotype that they’re not supposed to be good at math. Girls have long embraced the stereotype that they’re not supposed to be good at math. It seems they may be getting the idea from a surprising source …
Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach, says a new study of first- and second-graders.
The U.S. Southeast, Mexico, and the Caribbean will be pounded by more very intense hurricanes in the coming decades due to global warming, a new computer model suggests. Warmer sea surface temperatures-which fuel hurricanes-and shifting wind …
• We are going to study the proposals, says No 10 spokesman• George Osborne says Tories would not take US-style moves unilaterallyBarack Obama’s banking reforms are something Gordon Brown feels “very comfortable” with, his spokesman said today.”We haven’t seen the full details,” the spokesman said, according to Reuters. “We are going to study the proposals.”It’s [...]
Teens and tweens spend an average of 7.5 hours per day playing games, watching videos, and listening to music on their mobile devices. When they are not in school, young Americans are spending nearly every waking hour absorbed in entertainmen…