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The U.S., once the leader in renewable energy, has fallen behind while other countries commit to ambitious targets and European nations gear up to sell clean energy to the developing world.

Smart breeding could remake the field of agriculture, and change how the world farms.

Consumer Reports has shown that hybrid cars get less than 60 percent of EPA estimates.

Francis Fukuyama reviews Jane Jacobs' latest book.

Architect Frank Gehry's new research center for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pushes the envelope for architecture, academia, and science. (Includes links to photos, plans, and webcams.)

UCLA scientists predict that a quake of magnitude 6.4 or larger will strike Southern California by September 5th.

It took Kim Pedersen five years to build a working monorail in his own backyard.

Three decades in the making, Christopher Alexander's ambitious new work spans four volumes and outlines fifteen properties that he "believes underlie beauty in art, nature, and great buildings."

Scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, accuse the Bush administration of distorting science to support its policies and suppressing research findings that contradict it.

Russia says it would not ratify the international Kyoto climate change treaty. Then again, it might.

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of the Segway Human Transporter saying they were dangerous when batteries ran low.

The person who launched New York's "flash mob" craze, calls for one final mob event which does not unfold as planned.

The World Bank and the World Wide Fund for Nature release a study of the water quality in 105 big cities.

Venice is sinking into the sea. The historic city is fighting back with a massive and ingenious engineering project.

Energy experts doubt the effort to develop hydrogen-powered cars will cut air pollution and recommend better fuel efficiency and environment standards instead.

An ambitious offshore wind farms project is expected to help Britain reach its goal of 10 percent energy from renewable sources by 2010.

The Pentagon is developing an urban surveillance system that is capable of tracking every vehicle in a city.

A personal GPS device provides verbal navigation information for the blind.

Opponents of a National Association of Realtors' policy allowing realtors to keep listings off the Web say the policy restricts buyer choice.

Celebrity architect Rem Koolhaas compiles an "atlas" of our emerging new world.