New York Times - Science
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2 hours ago The Tale of Two Umudugudus (Villages)
Access to improved water sources changes everything about life for subsistence farmers in Rwanda.

5 hours ago Solar Dreams and Reality at the White House
Campaigners may have set their sights too high in pushing for rooftop solar panels at the White House.

5 hours ago German Military Braces for Scarcity After 'Peak Oil'
A leaked German analysis plots a peak in global oil supplies, followed by an irreversible decline that drives up transportation prices and fosters product shortages.

8 hours ago A Challenge to China's Energy Subsidies
The union will ask the Obama administration to begin formal proceedings at the World Trade organization in Geneva to force China to repeal subsidies.

8 hours ago The Irrigation Juggernaut
A computerized analysis finds that irrigation may be cooling big swaths of North America, Europe and Asia, temporarily masking the effects of global warming.

11 hours ago On Our Radar: An Asian Carp Czar
A former leader of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources will oversee the federal effort to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes.

20 hours ago Genentech Scientist to Lead Rockefeller University
Marc Tessier-Lavigne will be the first to leave Genentech’s top scientific ranks since its acquisition by Roche in March 2009.

23 hours ago Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker
The Federal Trade Commission says that in many instances, Lights of America's LED bulbs produce significantly less light and have far less longevity than the company says in its marketing.

Yesterday Panel Urges Tougher Offshore Regulation
A review board suggests hiring dozens of new oil and gas drilling inspectors, giving additional training to those already on the job and investing regulators with more authority to cite violations and impose fines.

Yesterday A Regenerative Feat for Solar Cells
A discovery could help extend the life of experimental high-efficiency solar cells, which often suffer from short lifespans when tested outside the laboratory.

Yesterday To Go Where Compact Fluorescents Cannot
The area in which LED's will best replace compact fluorescent bulbs, an executive suggests, is in directional lighting.

Yesterday A Regenerative Feat for Solar Cells
A discovery could help extend the life of experimental high-efficiency solar cells, which often suffer from short lifespans when tested outside the laboratory, researchers say.

Yesterday On the Migratory Trail, Leaders and Followers
In any herd, some animals have an acute ability to take in environmental cues like temperature and geomagnetic fields and lead the way. But there also is an advantage to being less sensitive to such cues and more attuned to other members of the herd, a study suggests.

Yesterday Extreme Weather in a Warming World
Debates over the human element in recent weather calamities are a distraction from climate realities.

Yesterday Books of The Times: Many Kinds of Universes, and None Require God
Stephen Hawking’s pop-science book about the origins of our universe got attention for a passage about God.

Sep 7, 2010 Street Cred vs. Green Cred
Arizona's Green Party is not amused by a Republican operative's effort to recruit people from the streets to run as Green candidates on the November ballot.

Sep 7, 2010 Judge Keeps Ban on Stem Cell Funds
A federal judge refused to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.

Sep 7, 2010 Is BPA Safe? Europe Also Seeks Answers
Like federal and state entities in the United States, the European Food Safety Authority is now re-evaluating BPA, in this case by analyzing the data from more than 800 studies.

Sep 7, 2010 Researchers Create Nanostructures, and Whip Up a Recipe, Too
Out of a sugar, a salt and Everclear, scientists have made a new nanostructure that could be used for storing hydrogen or delivering drugs. It could also become a hot new ingredient for chefs.

Sep 7, 2010 In Earthquakes, Poverty, Population and Motion Matter
Why the New Zealand earthquake, a tad stronger than the Haitian disaster, had a relatively minor impact.

Sep 7, 2010 Fresh Capital in the Uranium Fuel Race
Fresh investments in USEC, formerly the the United States Enrichment Company, reflect optimism that the worldwide market for enrichment will grow.

Sep 7, 2010 Food Crisis Worsens in Central Africa
Floods that destroyed crops and livestock only worsened a crisis that was already under way as a result of successive years of drought and failed harvests in the region.

Sep 7, 2010 Fresh Capital in the Uranium Fuel Race
Fresh investments in USEC, formerly the the United States Enrichment Company, reflect optimism on two fronts: that the worldwide market for enrichment will grow because of new plant construction and extended operation of old plants, and that a new type of centrifuge will prove practical.

Sep 6, 2010 Germany Extends Nuclear Plants’ Life
Germany will extend the life spans of 17 plants while alternative energy sources are developed, which is likely to make money for power companies and the government.

Sep 6, 2010 Desert Roads Lead to Discovery in Egypt
Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a settlement that flourished more than 3,500 years ago.

Sep 6, 2010 Letters: The Bedbug Files (2 Letters)
Letters to the editor.

Sep 6, 2010 Letters: Putting Babies at Risk (1 Letter)
Letters to the editor.

Sep 6, 2010 Letters: Identical Values (1 Letter)
Letters to the editor.

Sep 6, 2010 Letters: Not for Men Only (1 Letter)
Letters to the editor.

Sep 6, 2010 Letters: Headaches and Bedtime (1 Letter)
Letters to the editor.