Results for keyword: Science
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Biohazard lab takes shape
A Biosafety Level 4 lab is being added to the National Institutes of Health Rocky Mountain Laboratories campus in Hamilton, Mont.
by Ray Ring, Mar 21, 2005 -
Everyday objects and extraordinary journeys
In Visible Bones: Journeys Across Time in the Columbia River Country, Northwestern writer Jack Nisbet follows the Columbia River and its inhabitants across time
by Steve Rumsey, Feb 07, 2005 -
Caught in the Headlights
Personal obsession leads one woman into a world of scientists, wildlife rehabilitators and eccentric artists who are fascinated by the bloody relationship between wildlife and roads.
by Eliza Murphy, Feb 07, 2005 -
One with Ninevah: Politics, Consumption and the Human Future
Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich look at the ways the human race is jeopardizing the planet in One with Nineveh: Politics, Consumption and the Human Future
by Staff, Jan 24, 2005 -
Glaciers offer a glimpse of the distant past
Like tree rings, ice cores create a record of the climate of the past, and the National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver houses the largest collection of polar ice cores in the world
by Allen Best, Jan 24, 2005 -
Tree rings reveal a fiery past — and future
Tree-ring scientists Tom Swetnam and Julio Betancourt study past climatic conditions seeking clues to better forest management
by Michelle Nijhuis, Jan 24, 2005 -
So, you want to be a dendrochronologist?
The art of counting tree rings requires a lot of patience, strong legs, and a love of statistical gymnastics
by Michelle Nijhuis, Jan 24, 2005 -
Who'll stop the rain?
January may have brought rain and snow to parts of the West, but the study of past climates warns us that we still have to learn to live with drought
by Paul Larmer, Jan 24, 2005 -
Written in the Rings
The study of tree rings opens a window into the West’s distant past, and warns us that the region’s future may be dangerously hot and dry
by Michelle Nijhuis, Jan 24, 2005 -
Conscientious Objectors
Under increasing political pressure from the Bush administration and its appointees, agency scientists find it difficult to keep both their jobs and their integrity
by Laura Paskus, Dec 20, 2004






