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The Dwindling Web

Humans have harvested the sea for tens of thousands of years, but only in the past few centuries have we begun to take a big toll on ecosystems. The two food webs below show predatory relationships among life-forms in the northern Adriatic Sea.

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Operations Suspended at Hazardous Fluid Wells after 11 Quakes

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio has suspended operations at five deep-well hazardous fluid disposal sites after a series of 11 earthquakes in the Youngstown, Ohio, in the past year, including one on Saturday with a magnitude of 4.0, officials said. [More]

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Robert Graham’s Shirt Story

In honor of the 10th anniversary of his Robert Graham clothing label, American designer Robert Stock unveiled X Collection, consisting of 40 intricately designed shirts ($178 to $228). The shirts are mostly modern redesigns of best-selling patterns from the past decade, and each incorporates a fancifully embroidered X inside the ...

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Aerosol Particles Dry Out South Asian Monsoons

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Summer monsoons that provide up to 80 percent of the water South Asia needs have gotten drier in the past half century, possibly due to aerosol particles spewed by burning fossil fuels, climate scientists said on Thursday. [More]

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Global Climate Worry Up Slightly Since 2009

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Global concern about climate change has risen only very slightly over the past two years, as consumers have focused on more immediate economic worries, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday. [More]

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Superstar Alumni of the Inc. 500

A look back at how 20 companies from the past 30 years have created 575,457 jobs. Infographic by Tommy McCall 20 Companies. 30 Years.

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Video: Is it time to tax junk food?

With the percentage of obese adults doubling in the past 30 years, some industry experts think soda and junk food should be taxed, like cigarettes.

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Old Weather

To better understand how weather will behave in the future, researchers need to understand how weather has behaved in the past [More]

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Second Z plutonium ‘shot’ safely tests materials for NNSA

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that researchers from Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories have completed their second experiment in the past six months at Sandia’s Z machine to explore the properties of plutonium materials under extreme pressures and temperatures.

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Geoffrey Bradfield

Signature: “I am a modernist, and my work is largely predicated on the use of major contemporary art. Although I have great respect for the past, I like my work to reflect our moment in time.” Bradfield also is instrumental in building exceptional collections of important antiques, and he has ...

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