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A 35-year-old technology -- light emitting diodes or LEDs -- is getting a new life these days as a potential breakthrough for an even older technology -- the light bulb. Spencer Michels of the Science Unit provides a report.

A science unit report looks at the environmental cleanup in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina inundated the city with filthy floodwater. Federal and state officials are at odds with environmental groups over the danger posed by toxins found in and…

In the past, Senate filibusters have blocked drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. As Congress takes up the issue once more, a familiar debate is taking place among activists. Following a background report, two experts discuss drilling in the…

Two teams of researchers working independently announced Sunday that they discovered ways to create embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos, a development that scientists believe may make the field more politically and ethically acceptable.