Technology/Science
Risk of Landfalling Hurricanes Reduced as Upcoming El Niño Event Plays Out
The big news heading into the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season is the imminent arrival of what we think will be a significant El Niño event, the first such event since 2009. An El Niño event is a ...
U.S. at Risk of Severe Weather From Climate, Scientists Say
More than half the U.S. population lives in coastal areas that are "increasingly vulnerable" to the effects of climate change, which will ripple throughout the U.S. economy, a White House advisory ...
Samsung to Pay Apple Roughly $120M for Three Infringed Patents
A U.S. jury on Monday left the total damages Samsung Electronics Co Ltd must pay Apple Inc. unchanged at $119.6 million, after additional deliberations in a trial where the South Korean smartphone ...
‘Boom or Bust’ Tornado Seasons Baffle Meteorologists
Something strange is happening with tornadoes lately in the United States and it's baffling meteorologists. It's either unusually quiet or deadly active. Until the latest outbreak in late April, the ...
Strong Garage Doors Save Roofs, Shelters Save Lives in Tornadoes: Research
Lightweight garage doors can be the weak link that allows high winds and pressure changes into a home during a tornado, according to a study of tornado damage by researchers from The University of ...
New Drugs Target Asbestos-Linked Cancer; Japan Faces ‘Asbestos Tsunami’
Heather Von St. James, 45, remembers her father, a demolition worker, coming home covered in dust and dirt. Still, she'd hug him each night and, sometimes, put on his coat and shoes to play. Thirty ...
CDC Reports First U.S. Case of Deadly MERS Infection from Middle East
A deadly virus from the Middle East has been found in the U.S. for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. The patient, an American health-care provider who ...
Five Things About Google’s Self-Driving Cars
The director of Google's self-driving car project wrote in a blog post Monday that development of the technology has entered a new stage: trying to master driving on city streets. Many times more ...