Christian Science Monitor | Sci/Tech

Finally! Movies on my PC the same day they're on DVD.

08 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

Apple's deal with major entertainment studios shortens the wait to download movies.

California museums tell the history of computing

08 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

Bit by bit, they gather and display gadgets from the computer revolution.

At MIT, low-tech inventions with a high impact

08 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

The school's basement D-Lab exports simple solutions to the developing world.

Horizons: What's new in sci-tech

08 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

Wah-wah rings, an 'extinct' critter scurries back, and a mission to the sun.

Chile or Bust: Tracing the path of the first Americans

09 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

New finds from Oregon and Chile support the idea that they arrived 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

EarthTalk: How to recycle those threadbare duds

07 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

Even when a garment is too shabby to resell, there are still good ways to keep it out of a landfill.

Just how 'green' is that shirt?

07 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

An 'organic cotton' label doesn't make it 'carbon free.' But a new factory in Sri Lanka moves a step closer to that claim.

Media survey: Politicians rethink food-based ethanol

07 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

Drawbacks appear in a process once touted as an answer to global warming.

Wangari Maathai: 'Rich nations have a responsibility'

07 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

In an interview, the Nobel Peace Prize winner from Kenya talks about the obligations of first- and third-worlders in climate change.

Scientists probe new class of superconductor

07 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

A third major group, whose materials work at relatively high temperatures, may lead to more efficient electric motors.

Tornado-struck Kansas town rebuilds green

06 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

A year after a tornado stuck Greensburg, Alan Hewitt and other residents are rebuilding the town to environmentally-sustainable building standards.

Arizona's solar aspirations in peril

06 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

The state aims to tap its 325 sunny days a year, but loss of an energy tax credit threatens its big plans.

Brazil defends ethanol in food-versus-fuel fight

05 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

President Lula says the largest ethanol exporter makes fuel from sugar, not corn. And there's a sugar surplus.

Must Florida pay for felled citrus trees?

05 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

Homeowners suing the state say its disease-prevention efforts destroyed thousands of healthy trees.

Horizons: What's new in sci-tech

01 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

New particle accelerator powers up, what bats have in common with rock stars, where to find the oldest asteroids.

Lots of climate-change studies, still few certainties

01 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

The Arctic can be frustrating for scientists trying to predict global warming.

More computer brands chase the '$100 laptop'

01 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

Bye bye, bulk. New lines of tiny PCs fit both in your purse and into third-world classrooms.

The MySpace crowd gets chummy with Chumby

01 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

Once a sci-fi dream, the Wi-Fi home is within reach, thanks to a menagerie of new cuddly gadgets.

Bush administration response on car mileage riles governors

01 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

The fine print in a new federal plan forbids states from setting their own standards.

One urban dweller's aversion to national parks

02 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

If it doesn't have a multiplex and espressomaker, I don't want to go there.

Earth Talk: Where can I find a 'green' computer?

30 Apr 2008 01:00:00 EST

Pressure from interest groups has made computermakers better ecocitizens, but more needs to be done.

'Small wind' power plants are blowing strong

30 Apr 2008 01:00:00 EST

Climate concerns, rising utility costs, better technology, and new laws are making home units more attractive.

To save rivers, she helps farmers

30 Apr 2008 01:00:00 EST

Chinese environmental activist Tian Jun found that in order to clean up Chengdu's rivers, she needed to look upstream.

Taking the fire out of farming in Africa

30 Apr 2008 01:00:00 EST

Organic methods, distinct from traditional 'slash and burn' agriculture, holds hope of curbing deforestation and boosting food security

A 10-year timeout for global warming, study says

01 May 2008 01:00:00 EST

The German research effort is one of the first to attempt 10-year climate forecasts.