Science

Climate change blamed for typhoon's severity
Local scientist says warm Pacific likely contributed to devastation in the Philippines.
The first trickle of fuels made from agricultural waste is finally winding its way into the nation's energy supply, after years of broken promises and hype promoting a next-generation fuel source cleaner than oil.
Twitter's stock market debut providies a springboard for a new generation of rapidly growing startups to make the leap to Wall Street. The next wave of potentially hot IPOs includes a host of trendy services.
Perhaps no company showed how the Internet could turn sharing into a global phenomenon more than Napster. But Napster was never able to turn all that sharing into a profitable business.
Scientists have unearthed the oldest big cat fossil yet, suggesting the predator -- similar to a snow leopard -- evolved in Asia and spread out.
Optical tech for cardiology treatment expected to boost St. Jude Medical
Technology from Little Canada-based St. Jude Medical is giving doctors real-time detailed views of the inside of patients' arteries. The system promises to better guide treatment for patients with coronary artery disease. And the company hopes the technology will result in a billion-dollar boost in revenue.
Online may be the only place kids have to go
Writer says young people append too much time at their screens because their alternatives have been systematically eliminated.
A study released this week found there could be as many as 40 billion habitable planets in the galaxy. Host Rachel Martin talks to Mike Brown, a professor of astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, to help digest the enormity of the finding.
Sometime Sunday or early Monday, a 2,425-pound satellite that ran out of fuel last month and began falling from its already low orbit will plunge back to Earth.
Many psychologists argue that learning to lie is an important stage for children. As early as two, children who are more developmentally advanced are much better liars.