New York Times - Science
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2 hours ago A Belated Debate on Modified Beets
Environmentalists and farmers sue the Agriculture Department, seeking to overturn permits it issued that would allow the planting of a seed crop.

2 hours ago White House Puts Off Solar Enthusiasts
Solar enthusiasts seeking panels on the White House roof are gently rebuffed.

2 hours ago White House Spurns Solar Panel
A polite refusal to accept a solar panel that was installed by the Carter administration, removed by the Reagan administration and proffered Friday by environmental campaigners.

2 hours ago Russia Defers Razing of Seed Repository
A modest reprieve for a seed bank that is home to the world's largest collection of European fruits and berries.

5 hours ago E.P.A. Meeting Stalled
E-mail messages obtained by a Binghamton newspaper suggest that the E.P.A. and university officials squabbled over cost and security for a planned public meeting on hydraulic fracturing.

5 hours ago Genetically Modified Beets Stir Belated Debate
Environmentalists and farmers sue the Agriculture Department, seeking to overturn permits it issued that would allow the planting of a seed crop.

17 hours ago Stem Cell Financing Ban Ends, for Now
The ruling said the stay on an order by a federal judge last month was temporary and gave both sides until Sept. 20 to file written arguments in the case.

20 hours ago For Pelosi and Markey, an Oil Sands Mission
The House speaker and Energy and Environment subcommittee chairman get an earful about the pluses and minuses of imports from Alberta's oil sands operations.

20 hours ago The Tale of Two Umudugudus
Access to improved water sources changes everything about life for subsistence farmers in Rwanda.

20 hours ago Appeals Court Ends Ban on Stem Cell Financing, for Now
The ruling said the stay on an order by a federal judge last month was temporary and gave both sides until Sept. 20 to file written arguments in the case.

23 hours ago The Tale of Two Umudugudus (Villages)
Access to improved water sources changes everything about life for subsistence farmers in Rwanda.

Yesterday Solar Dreams and Reality at the White House
Campaigners may have set their sights too high in pushing for rooftop solar panels at the White House.

Yesterday German Military Braces for Scarcity After 'Peak Oil'
A leaked German analysis plots a peak in global oil supplies, followed by an irreversible decline that drives up transportation prices and fosters product shortages.

Yesterday A Challenge to China's Energy Subsidies
The union will ask the Obama administration to begin formal proceedings at the World Trade organization in Geneva to force China to repeal subsidies.

Yesterday The Irrigation Juggernaut
A computerized analysis finds that irrigation may be cooling big swaths of North America, Europe and Asia, temporarily masking the effects of global warming.

Yesterday On Our Radar: An Asian Carp Czar
A former leader of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources will oversee the federal effort to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes.

Yesterday Genentech Scientist to Lead Rockefeller University
Marc Tessier-Lavigne will be the first to leave Genentech’s top scientific ranks since its acquisition by Roche in March 2009.

Yesterday Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker
The Federal Trade Commission says that in many instances, Lights of America's LED bulbs produce significantly less light and have far less longevity than the company says in its marketing.

Yesterday Panel Urges Tougher Offshore Regulation
A review board suggests hiring dozens of new oil and gas drilling inspectors, giving additional training to those already on the job and investing regulators with more authority to cite violations and impose fines.

Sep 8, 2010 A Regenerative Feat for Solar Cells
A discovery could help extend the life of experimental high-efficiency solar cells, which often suffer from short lifespans when tested outside the laboratory.

Sep 8, 2010 To Go Where Compact Fluorescents Cannot
The area in which LED's will best replace compact fluorescent bulbs, an executive suggests, is in directional lighting.

Sep 8, 2010 A Regenerative Feat for Solar Cells
A discovery could help extend the life of experimental high-efficiency solar cells, which often suffer from short lifespans when tested outside the laboratory, researchers say.

Sep 8, 2010 On the Migratory Trail, Leaders and Followers
In any herd, some animals have an acute ability to take in environmental cues like temperature and geomagnetic fields and lead the way. But there also is an advantage to being less sensitive to such cues and more attuned to other members of the herd, a study suggests.

Sep 7, 2010 Extreme Weather in a Warming World
Debates over the human element in recent weather calamities are a distraction from climate realities.

Sep 7, 2010 Books of The Times: Many Kinds of Universes, and None Require God
Stephen Hawking’s pop-science book about the origins of our universe got attention for a passage about God.

Sep 7, 2010 Street Cred vs. Green Cred
Arizona's Green Party is not amused by a Republican operative's effort to recruit people from the streets to run as Green candidates on the November ballot.

Sep 7, 2010 Judge Keeps Ban on Stem Cell Funds
A federal judge refused to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.

Sep 7, 2010 Is BPA Safe? Europe Also Seeks Answers
Like federal and state entities in the United States, the European Food Safety Authority is now re-evaluating BPA, in this case by analyzing the data from more than 800 studies.

Sep 7, 2010 Researchers Create Nanostructures, and Whip Up a Recipe, Too
Out of a sugar, a salt and Everclear, scientists have made a new nanostructure that could be used for storing hydrogen or delivering drugs. It could also become a hot new ingredient for chefs.

Sep 7, 2010 In Earthquakes, Poverty, Population and Motion Matter
Why the New Zealand earthquake, a tad stronger than the Haitian disaster, had a relatively minor impact.