by Danny Sirdofsky | Apr 29, 2010 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — From the glory years of Little League baseball through the golden years of geriatric rec-league sports, concussions are nasty injuries that plague every kind of athlete. Classified by the Centers for Disease Control as a form of traumatic brain...
by Danny Sirdofsky | Apr 28, 2010 | Science + Technology
Danny Sirdofsky/MEDILL Lori Garver, NASA’s deputy administrator, addresses the controversy surrounding the future of American spaceflight. WASHINGTON — At a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this week, NASA Deputy Administrator...
by Melissa Tussing | Apr 27, 2010 | Science + Technology, Topics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Sting, John Legend and The Roots entertained the crowd at Sunday’s Earth Day Climate Rally. Melissa Tussing/MNS WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people came to the Mall on Sunday for a rally advocating for climate...
by Danny Sirdofsky | Apr 22, 2010 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — A skeptical Senate panel grilled NASA about its budget for next year on Thursday. NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. did his best to answer questions in an oversight meeting on the space administration’s FY 2011 request. As expected, the major...
by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 20, 2010 | National Security, Science + Technology
Jeniece PettittAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called the obesity study “a wake up call” for the U.S. WASHINGTON — A new study shows that nine million, or 27 percent, of 17- to 24-year-olds in the U.S. are too fat to serve in the military- an...
by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 19, 2010 | Environment, Science + Technology
Jeniece Pettitt The California LGMA regulates lettuce, spinach, cabbage, arugula, chard and other leafy greens. WASHINGTON –The federal government is considering a national program patterned after California’s public-private agriculture partnership that...
