leadimage One Giant Leap

    Fifty years after President Kennedy’s call to put a man on the moon, the space agency is at a crossroads.

    NASA must look beyond the earthly demands of deficit cutting and politics to chart its course.

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Featured Articles

featuredimage Rethinking Coal

Chuck Nelson mined coal seams deep below the Appalachian hills of Boone County, West Virginia, for nearly 30 years before ...

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This is an essay I wrote several years ago and am republishing now as part of an occasional series on ...

Science

Earth-sized planets spied in ‘habitable zone’

At least five Earth-sized planets appear to be orbiting their stars at just the right distance to host water.

Politics

Narrow Torture Probe, Loud Critics

Dick Cheney and others oppose a decision to review interrogations that may have overstepped even more lenient legal guidance of Bush-administration lawyers.

Trends

A stitch in time saves more than just soles

As the recession forces Americans to put off purchases, from shoes to electronics they are also asking more from what they already own.