A Governor’s Power to Shape the Future of a Nuclear Japan
By MARTIN FACKLER
Ko Sasaki for The New York Times
The Genkai Nuclear Power Station in Genkai, Saga Prefecture.
Yasushi Furukawa of Saga Prefecture must decide whether to support a request by Prime Minister Naoto Kan to restart two reactors at a local nuclear plant.
Ruptured Pipeline Spills Oil Into Yellowstone River
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR
An ExxonMobil pipeline running under the Yellowstone River in south central Montana ruptured late Friday, spilling crude oil into the river and forcing evacuations.
NOVELTIES
Beyond the Breathalyzer: Seeking Telltale Signs of Disease
By ANNE EISENBERG
Scientists are building electronic and chemical sniffers that analyze breath to detect problems ranging from kidney disease to cancer.
Court Won’t Intervene in Fate of Nuclear Dump
By MATTHEW L. WALD
An appeals court cautioned that it would reconsider if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission refused to act.
A Fight Over Keeping Boards in the Boardwalk
By JOSEPH BERGER
The city’s efforts to stop using endangered tropical hardwoods as it replaces the Coney Island Boardwalk’s planks raise aesthetic, pragmatic and linguistic issues.
Science Times: June 28, 2011
Viktor Koen
A Release Valve for Cyclists’ Unrelenting Pressure
By JOHN TIERNEY
New noseless saddles can save cyclists from soreness and numbness in the genital region, but their popularity is lagging.
One Math Museum, Many Variables
By KENNETH CHANG
Glen Whitney’s museum in New York aims to shape cultural attitudes and dispel the bad rap that most people give math.
ON VIEW
Paying Homage to Darwin in an Unconventional Format: Rap
By DENNIS OVERBYE
A new play serves as a lecture on Darwin and natural selection disguised as a rant on the history of rap, gangs and murder in Chicago, and much more.
Greatest Threat to Caribou Herd in Canada Isn’t From Wolves
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
By looking at hormone levels in caribou scat, scientists found that when humans were most active in an area, caribou nutrition was poorest and psychological stress highest.
Magnetic Field Sensed by Gene, Study Shows
By NICHOLAS WADE
A researcher suggests that humans, like butterflies and other animals, can sense the earth’s magnetic field and use it to navigate.
Health
Rinderpest, Scourge of Cattle, Is Vanquished
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The disease, a killer of livestock in much of the world, becomes only the second, after smallpox, to be eradicated.
Timeline: History of a Virus
- Video: A Disease Eradicated
The Takeaway: Donald McNeil Talks About Rinderpest
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Concerns About Costs Rise With Hospices’ Use
By JORDAN RAU
Medicare’s bill for end-of-life care quadrupled from 2000 to 2009, and claims of misuse mounted.
More News
Tracing Unscooped Dog Waste Back to the Culprit
By KATIE ZEZIMA
Canine DNA is now being used to identify the culprits who fail to clean up after their pets.
In Fight Against Trash Station, Upper East Side Cites Injustice
By MIREYA NAVARRO
A review of census tracts within roughly a half-mile of the existing waste transfer stations confirms that most of them are in moderate- to extremely low-income neighborhoods.
Graphic: The Demographics of GarbageObservatory: Images of Fossil Birds Show Ancient Pigments
Debris Gives Space Station Crew Members a 29,000-M.P.H. Close Call
George Ballas, Inventor of the Weed Whacker, Dies at 85
Across Europe, Irking Drivers Is Urban Policy
Observatory: Weevils’ Legs Hide Hardware-Store Technology
Scientist at Work Blog: What's in a Name?
More Multimedia
VIDEO: Nora Volkow
An interview with the neuroscientist in charge of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, who also happens to be the great-granddaughter of Leon Trotsky.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE: What Makes Music Expressive?
What makes music expressive? Quiz yourself based on new research.
Readers’ Photos: A Family’s Best Friend?
Photos and stories of pets that were viewed differently by family members.
Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer
Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence.
Plan Issued to Save Northern Spotted Owl
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Twenty years after the northern spotted owl was listed as a threatened species, the federal government offered a plan to prevent the bird from going extinct.
Herder Perceptions of Climate Change
June 30, 2011
A Network of Plants and Pollinators
June 29, 2011
Male or Female? Good Question!
June 29, 2011
Preserving Land for Northward Migration
July 3, 2011
In a Twist, Loggers Nurture Spotted Owls
July 1, 2011
Redwood Monster Is a Co-Champ
July 1, 2011
Science Columns
Q & A
The Yawning Gap
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY
There is growing evidence linking excessive yawning to temperature imbalances, and cases of yawning during sleep have been documented.
OBSERVATORY
Cold-Blooded Dinosaurs As Warm as Humans
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
Testing the chemical composition of dinosaur teeth, researchers found that some sauropods were warmer than modern crocodiles and alligators.
OBSERVATORY
Effects of Early Bullying Don’t Last in Birds
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
A new study of blue-footed boobies suggests that bullying in childhood does not affect the aggression levels of adult birds.
OBSERVATORY
Saturn Moon’s Surface May Conceal Salty Ocean
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
A new analysis of particles ejected from Saturn’s moon Enceladus suggests there is a salt-water ocean feeding its geyserlike plumes.
Podcast: Science Times
This week: The end of a deadly disease, dispelling myths about math, and the truth about sunscreen.
Health Columns
PERSONAL HEALTH
Along the Spine, Women Buckle at Breaking Points
By JANE E. BRODY
Vertebral fractures affect a quarter of postmenopausal women and account for half of the 1.5 million fractures due to bone loss each year in the United States.
REALLY?
Really? The Claim: Exercising on an Empty Stomach Burns More Fat
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
While it seems to make sense, research shows that exercising in this way doesn’t offer any benefit and may even work against you.
Opinion
DOT EARTH BLOG
Time for a Checkup
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
A pause to step back and sift for ways to foster progress that fits on a finite planet.
WORDPLAY BLOG
Numberplay: The Mad Veterinarian
By GARY ANTONICK
Joshua Zucker with an adventure in mammal-mixing madness.
