Syria’s President Assad has called sarin, a “kitchen gas.” He claims that Syrian rebel groups were responsible for the sarin gas attack in his country, and that it’s not that tough to make. He’s wrong.
States struggle with highway shoulders as resistance to herbicides mounts
McKay Jenkins is the author of “What’s Gotten into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World.” He says the responsibility lies in our political and economic will to make more informed choices from how we regulate chemicals to the choices we make.
Emerging Science Note/Nanorust
Tiny magnetic particles of rust may clean dirty drinking water in developing countries.
Emerging Science Note/Weed-Killing Robots
Watch out! Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a solar-powered robot capable of searching out and destroying- hopefully just- weeds in crop fields.
