To Pull a Thorn From the Side of the Planet
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Environmentally friendly flowers are a hard sell. After all, most people donât eat them.
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Future space explorers might bring back more than just pictures from their excursions -- they could mine the planets for profit. By Mark Baard.
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By Hannah Stephenson  WARMER summers are prompting many gardeners to include a touch of the exotic in their planting - and there's nowhere better to start than palms and tree ferns.
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Low maintenance topiaries in a menagerie of shapes can satisfy that urge to plant.
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The ability to manipulate matter on a tiny scale could lead to environmental breakthroughs. Billions of dollars are being spent, but the most exciting green nanoproducts are still on the drawing boards.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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Weeds sometimes hide fertile fields of growth.
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Pay attention and you might grab a reward.
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Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
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Many plants can naturally clean chemically contaminated soil and groundwater. Researchers are now helping them do a quicker, better job of rehabbing polluted sites.
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A rose is a rose is a phone? British scientists seeking to protect the environment have designed a biodegradable mobile phone cover that breaks down in soil when discarded and sprouts
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The planet isn't the only thing heating up because of climate change. Some renewable-energy stocks have been pretty hot, too.
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You can learn something about a rock by looking at it. But what most geologists really want is to smack it with a hammer. And that&#39;s just what planetary scientists will do July 4 when
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Scientists are planning to take the pulse of the planet -- and more -- in an effort to improve weather forecasts, predict energy needs months in advance, anticipate disease outbreaks and even tell fishermen where the catch will be abundant.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep.
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An azure lake glimmered while ancient pines loomed nearby. My parents and I admired nature's simple beauty, but does everybody look up from their technological wonders to view the natural ones?  Nature gives us everything from oxygen to the material items we enjoy.
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Vetiver, a grass native to India that grows 13-foot (4-meter) roots, is increasingly used as a low-cost tool to solve problems from soil erosion to pollution.