Blog: Michelle Obama jets off to Aspen for ski weekend

The first lady, who just returned last month from 17 days of relaxation in Hawaii, is skiing in Colorado on Presidents' Day Weekend for the second year in a row.

Climate Science And The Rule Of Law: Connecting The Dots By Bill Henderson

Is it possible that reason and responsibility have been so corroded in our society that we cannot and will never connect the dots between our use of fossil fuels and the building gravest crime ever against humanity?

Harsh winter kills 40 children in Afghanistan | The New Age Online

A harsh winter has killed almost 40 children in Afghanistan in the past month, most of them in refugee camps in Kabul with aid groups warning Sunday of more deaths as temperatures keep falling.

Attacks paid for by big business are 'driving science into a dark era' | Science | The Observer

Researchers attending one of the world's major academic conferences 'are scared to death of the anti-science lobby'