The Lumpen Proletarian

Round 2 for Biotech Beets - New York Times

Sensing that concerns over genetically engineered foods are subsiding, beet producers have cleared their growers to start planting biotech beets next spring.

Google’s Next Frontier: Renewable Energy - New York Times

Google said it would spend hundreds of millions of dollars, part of that to hire engineers and energy experts to investigate alternative energies like solar and wind power.

From Sewage, Added Water for Drinking - New York Times

The controversial process of turning sewage into drinking water is getting a close look in several American cities.

Divers Who Jump in to Take the Mystery Out of City Waterways - New York Times

The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy works at transforming New York City waterways from environments that are shunned to those that are protected and perhaps even loved.

Study Finds Reproductive Edge for Men With Deep Voices - New York Times

A man with a deep voice may have a survival advantage, a better chance of passing on his genes, a new study suggests.

Piping Plovers - Endangered - In Aid of a Bird, Some Inconveniences for People - New York Times

Piping plovers are fighting their way off the endangered species list, thanks to a difficult, and sometimes contentious, program to restore them.

Reaching for the Sky: A California Project to Clone Redwoods - New York Times

Scientists are hoping to create more forests in California and other parts of the world.

Review: Good Germs, Bad Germs by Jessica Snyder Sachs - Drug Resistant Bacteria - New York Times

Jessica Snyder Sachs’s capable overview of the global war on germs could hardly be more timely even if it did not call to mind a variety of other recent headlines.

The U.S.S.R. Is Back (on Clothing Racks) - New York Times

Young and trendy Muscovites are in the throes of nostalgia for the staples of Soviet childhoods.

Japan researchers unveil housework robot

PhysOrg news: Japan researchers unveil housework robot

Catalyst-free chemistry makes self-healing materials more practical

PhysOrg news: Catalyst-free chemistry makes self-healing materials more practical

Online library gives readers access to 1.5 million books

PhysOrg news: Online library gives readers access to 1.5 million books

Cancer-resistant mouse discovered

PhysOrg news: Cancer-resistant mouse discovered

‘High Q’ Nanowires May be Practical Oscillators

PhysOrg news: ‘High Q’ Nanowires May be Practical Oscillators

After Stem-Cell Breakthrough, the Work Begins - New York Times

A new source for cells now leads to the question of how to make them useful to the body.

Not Down and Out in Moscow - New York Times

Fueled by an oil boom, the Russian capital seems as awash in cash as Dallas was in its heyday and all the millionaires have to shop somewhere.

China Says Three Gorges Dam Is Not Responsible for Landslides - New York Times

Chinese officials overseeing the Three Gorges Dam defended the project’s environmental record on Tuesday.

U.N. Warns of Climate-Related Setbacks - New York Times

A report warns that progress toward prosperity in the world’s poorest regions will be reversed unless rich countries promptly begin curbing emissions linked to global warming.

Obesity Rates Are Leveling Off - New York Times

Obesity rates in American women have stayed steady since 1999, and there are hints that obesity rates may be leveling off for men, too.

Organic 'building blocks' discovered in Titan's atmosphere

PhysOrg news: Organic 'building blocks' discovered in Titan's atmosphere

Research reveals secret to interaction between Earth's core and mantle

PhysOrg news: Research reveals secret to interaction between Earth's core and mantle

Blue dye could hold the key to super processing power

PhysOrg news: Blue dye could hold the key to super processing power

Pied Piper of Booze Lures San Franciscans Into Bars

A man with a guitar (and a film crew) sets off on a liquor-fueled adventure, inviting office workers to abandon their desks and join in a pub crawl. Can't make the scene? You can watch the tipsy adventure unfold online.