Shocked! I'm just shocked!

Report Finds Meddling in Interior Dept. Actions
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: December 15, 2008

WASHINGTON — The inspector general of the Interior Department has found that agency officials often interfered with scientific work in order to limit protections for species at risk of becoming extinct, reviving attention to years of disputes over the Bush administration’s science policies. More

Diesel, Made Simply From Coffee Grounds (Ah, the Exhaust Aroma)

By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Published: December 15, 2008

In research that touches on two of Americans’ great obsessions — coffee and cars — scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, have made diesel fuel from used coffee grounds. More