New York Times: Science

The coverage of sea ice in the Arctic could break the record low from last September, scientists said.

Biologists at Harvard have converted cells from a mouse’s pancreas into the insulin-producing cells that are destroyed in diabetes.

The use of vegetation and rock to absorb rainwater on roofs is part of a growing effort to reduce greenhouse gases, rainwater runoff and electricity demand in New York.

The government announced it would expand a national park on the island of Sumatra, which hosts endangered elephants and tigers.

An appeals committee at Purdue University has upheld findings of misconduct by Rusi P. Taleyarkhan.

The New York attorney general announced an agreement that would require Xcel Energy, a builder of coal-fired plants, to disclose to investors the financial risks of global warming.

Clean energy’s dirty secret is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not.

In Santa Barbara County, where an oil spill devastated the coastline in 1969, the opposition against offshore drilling may be softening.

Dr. Weller was a tropical-medicine specialist whose tissue-culture research in 1949 made development of the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines possible.

A growing cadre of consultants are specializing in helping developers and architects gain approval from the U.S. Green Building Council through its LEED certification program.

Each piece of the Dead Sea Scrolls is being digitally photographed with the aim of putting the entire file online.

Researchers have found that crows, renowned for their ability to flourish in human-dominated landscapes, can recognize individual human faces.

Exclusive breast-feeding may be associated with vitamin D deficiency and rickets, recent research suggests.

Years ago neurologists noticed a strange pattern of people suffering strokes shortly after seeing chiropractors.

Dr. Thomas Graboys’ memoir of dealing with Parkinson’s disease stands out as a small wonder.

Scientists are hard at work on the tiny submarine that will replace the legendary Alvin.

Getting older doesn’t have to mean getting frailer.

Vernor Vinge has been urging his fellow humans to get smarter by collaborating with computers.

A New Jersey company will announce a plan to use wind turbines to produce compressed air that can be stored underground or in tanks and released later to power generators during peak hours.

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to develop a plan that could lead to Newtown Creek’s being named a federal Superfund site.