Libya’s ‘Extraordinary’ Archaeology under Threat

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By Declan Butler Eleven Italian researchers who were evacuated from Libya in a C-130 Hercules military aircraft on Saturday are thought to have been among the last foreign archaeologists in the country. [More]

Cosmological crowd-sourcing: Amateur’s nebula pic wins ESO astro-image competition

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Creationism Controversy: State by State [Updated Map]

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Just Hot Air?: Are Natural Gas’s Environmental Benefits Overstated?

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Dear EarthTalk : I heard someone say that the environmental benefits of natural gas for electricity generation were overstated, and that it is not as green-friendly as the industry would have us believe. What is your take on this

U.N. climate talks seen missing aid plan deadline

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By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - A plan by almost 200 countries to step up efforts to fight climate change is set to miss a March deadline for starting work on a green fund to help developing nations, delegates said on Wednesday. [More]

Virtual Archaeology at Stonehenge [Video]

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Theories about Stonehenge have historically tended to regard it as a stand-alone monument. But an increasingly well-supported view holds that Stonehenge was just part of a much larger ceremonial landscape, as this article in the March issue of Scientific American explains

Looking for patterns in your electric use: The eMonitor home energy monitor

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Last month, I wrote about the EcoDog home power monitoring system , which lets you see how much electricity your house is pulling, circuit by circuit. Apart from being fun for energy geeks like me who have an insatiable appetite for data, the device lets you discover patterns in your power consumption you might never have known about and that are burning up your money. Soon afterwards, I got a call from EcoDog's competitor Powerhouse Dynamics

How National Security Depends on Better Lithium Batteries

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Lithium spontaneously combusts in air, yet the battery in your computer--and any of the stacks in the new breed of electric vehicles--is made from it. Lithium even burns in water, which is too bad because a lithium-water battery could be both cheap and powerful.