Aug 02 California's Mixing Bowl: The Delta's Crucial Role in a Thirsty State On July 25, Gov. Jerry Brown of California and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a $23.7 billion plan to divert the Sacramento River's flow underneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the California Aqueduct. Courtesy: Rich… Continue reading
Aug 02 Are We All Martians? The Curious Hunt for Life on Mars The prospect that Mars was once a cushy berth for life has waxed and waned as our abilities to study the planet have evolved. In the 1870's an Italian astronomer with the great, lyrical name of… Continue reading
Aug 02 Robots and Rovers and Mars Revisited By News Desk With the youngest and most ambitious Mars rover yet zipping toward its final destination, we thought it appropriate to pause and take a look back at Curiosity's new home and robot brethren. Continue reading
Jul 31 Countdown Clock Ticks Toward Curiosity Landing on Mars This artist's concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot designed to Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. NASA scientists call it the seven minutes of terror: the amount… Continue reading
Jul 31 Civic Startups Introduce New Technology to Government EmbedVideo(4022, 482, 304); Former congressional aide Marci Harris was frustrated with the way information and messages flooded into the office of Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., and got lost. In 2010, she left to solve government's biggest problems. "The… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Big Stakes on Small Devices: Apple and Samsung Square Off in Federal Court Big Stakes on Small Devices: Apple and Samsung Square Off in Federal Court… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch Civic Startups Introduce New Technology to Government Civic Startups Introduce New Technology to Government… Continue watching
Jul 30 Apple and Samsung Face Off in Court People line up to enter the Robert F. Peckham Federal Courthouse on July 30, 2012 in San Jose, Calif. (All photos by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The high-stakes trial between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. geared up Monday… Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch An Old Fashioned Strategy to Keep Asian Carp at Bay in the Great Lakes: Eat Them An Old Fashioned Strategy to Keep Asian Carp at Bay in the Great Lakes: Eat Them… Continue watching
Jul 26 USDA: Severe Drought Will Drive Up Cost of Food The drought gripping the Midwest is affecting 88 percent of the country's corn crop and will send food prices up next year, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Continue reading