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Chickens that lay eggs with life-saving drugs inside. Cyborg rats with microchips embedded in their brains. Beetles wired for wartime surveillance. These are just a few examples of the science fiction-type fantasies that are becoming reality in the...
The Library of Congress reappointed U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to a second term on Monday. Trethewey, 47, is concurrently the Poet Laureate of Mississippi and the author of four collections of poetry, including 2006's "Native Guard," for...
Farmers in Costa Rica are encouraged to set aside part of their land from production to help maintain biodiversity and prevent deforestation.Costa Rican FarmlandLow intensity farmland near San Vito, Costa Rica, where as much as a third of the land...
View Slide Show Photos of Costa Rica by Sam Eaton of Homelands Productions In Costa Rica, birds, bats and bees serve vital roles in controlling pests and pollinating crops. Now, researchers are measuring the contributions of these critters to...
Watch Video Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger. When Floridian Mike Kemp bought a bike store in 2001, he had no problem pulling 40-pound bikes off the top shelf. Now 69 and with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), each box moves...
The trees died first. One hundred million of them in the eastern and midwestern United States. The culprit: the emerald ash borer, a beetle that entered the U.S. through Detroit in 2002 and quickly spread to Iowa, New York, Virginia and nearly...
