Christian Science Monitor | Sci/Tech



California museums tell the history of computing (May 8)
Bit by bit, they gather and display gadgets from the computer revolution.

Horizons: What's new in sci-tech (May 8)
Wah-wah rings, an 'extinct' critter scurries back, and a mission to the sun.

Chile or Bust: Tracing the path of the first Americans (May 9)
New finds from Oregon and Chile support the idea that they arrived 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

EarthTalk: How to recycle those threadbare duds (May 7)
Even when a garment is too shabby to resell, there are still good ways to keep it out of a landfill.

Just how 'green' is that shirt? (May 7)
An 'organic cotton' label doesn't make it 'carbon free.' But a new factory in Sri Lanka moves a step closer to that claim.

Media survey: Politicians rethink food-based ethanol (May 7)
Drawbacks appear in a process once touted as an answer to global warming.

Wangari Maathai: 'Rich nations have a responsibility' (May 7)
In an interview, the Nobel Peace Prize winner from Kenya talks about the obligations of first- and third-worlders in climate change.

Scientists probe new class of superconductor (May 7)
A third major group, whose materials work at relatively high temperatures, may lead to more efficient electric motors.

Tornado-struck Kansas town rebuilds green (May 6)
A year after a tornado stuck Greensburg, Alan Hewitt and other residents are rebuilding the town to environmentally-sustainable building standards.

Arizona's solar aspirations in peril (May 6)
The state aims to tap its 325 sunny days a year, but loss of an energy tax credit threatens its big plans.