But in a new report, Oxford University researchers say that our best hopes are: plant trees and improve the soil. Both techniques, said the report, are “no regrets.” They’ll help the atmosphere no matter what, they’re comparatively low-cost, and they carry little additional risk. Views:Motoboto

A team of scientists, led by Miguel Santander-García set out to learn why some stars create strangely shaped nebulae late in their lives. What they found was something that has never been seen before, two white dwarves on their way to becoming one star and then exploding in a supernova.

This month, geneticists reported that they have reconstructed the genome of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, recovered from remains at East Smithfield. The sequence — the first from an ancient bacterial pathogen — may help to explain how a disease could wreak so much

The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health will participate in a study that could hasten the day when a patient’s genetic profile, not trial and error, helps a doctor determine which medications to prescribe. Views:Joe SmydoTests costs $500 or less, Mr. Megill said, with Medicare

The Darwin Day Roadshow is a way for scientists and educators from NESCent (The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center) to share their enthusiasm for evolutionary science with students, teachers and the general public across the United States each year, on the occasion of Charles Darwin’s birthday