HE SAID There haven’t been too many science fiction films focusing on the death of the sun. It’s a bit odd, given the sun is directly responsible for the abundance of life we enjoy on this planet. Really, the only film ... continued»

Honeybees are dying and noone knows why. Beekeepers are baffled and scientists are speculating, but there is no solution in sight. Even with UCSF molecular biologist who isolated the SARS virus Joe DeRisi on the job. Recent ... continued»

Global warming was supposed to be at its worst in 2050. That seemed like an alarmingly short time away, but studies now show that the Arctic ice cap (aka: the North Pole) is melting 30 years ahead of predictions, ... continued»

"Knut is dead! Thursday midday." That's what an anonymous handwritten fax threatened today at the Berlin Zoo. What made it even worse is that the target is completely oblivious to any danger; he just kept rolling around in ... continued»

If the idea of a mass produced electric car is in fact "dead" (according to the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? referring to the discontinued GM EV1), GM is busting out the defibrillator, adrenaline push and administering CPR. ... continued»

Bimmers bug me, mostly due to the fact that the 3-series are gamut with the "new rich" who apparently don't know how to use their turn signals and are prone to cut you off like a Subaru, but if I ... continued»

If there's one thing Hiroyuki Nakano has demonstrated over the course of his five films, it is an absolute love for life in all its forms. His keen visual style, vibrant use of color (and high contrast black and white), ... continued»

Here in the Bay Area we were recently "treated" to some unconventional hail and frost and ice and with it, slippery car accidents and many many cellphone photos. But what if I told you that just last week the ... continued»

What exactly is it with Californians cutting down trees? It seems every time I turn around there’s another tree in the neighborhood wrapped in caution tape, a notice of pending removal tacked to its trunk. These people get annoyed with ... continued»

Okay, malicious tsunamis, hurricanes, record heat waves, now New Hampshire flooding, Pakistan earthquakes, a Guatemalan landslide and Brazilian drought.. do we need any more proof that Mother Nature is pissed off? Why won't we heed her warnings? Why ... continued»

The New York Times is reporting that a new report released Friday links global warming and the increasingly strong storms we've been seeing the past few years. Study Attributes Stronger Storms to Warmer Seas WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (AP) - Storms ... continued»