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Tech: Bus Tracking System Gives Users Easy Ride [VIDEO]

Posted Wed Dec 22, 2010 03:00 AM ET | 0

Technology is giving bus riders real-time information about their transits arrival. Kasey-Dee Gardner reports on how this technology is saving riders time and money. Watch video

Tech: Bus Tracking System Gives Users Easy Ride

Flying Can Be a Greener Choice Than Driving

Posted by Emily Sohn Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:57 AM ET | 0

Air travel may have many down sides for the planet, but a new study shows that driving a car can often be worse. Read more

Public Transportation Passengers Avoid Getting Social

Posted by Cristen Conger Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:35 AM ET | 0

Fostering a socially accommodating environment could attract more passengers to public transit. Read more

Odd Rituals Surround Russian Space Flights: Discovery News

Posted Tue Aug 4, 2009 03:01 PM ET

The launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket Wednesday that will carry Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other crew members to the International Space Station will be marked by rituals dating back to the pioneering Soviet space missions of the... Read more

'Crowd Sourcing' Taps the Masses for Solutions: Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:26 PM ET

A company called InnoCentive sparks innovation by issuing problems to as many potential solvers as possible. Read more

Fossils Reveal Bus-Sized 2,500-Pound Snake: Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:24 PM ET

Never mind the 40-foot snake that menaced Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 movie "Anaconda." Not even Hollywood could match a new discovery from the ancient world. Read more

WHO Declares Swine Flu Pandemic : Discovery News

Posted Thu Jun 11, 2009 07:08 AM ET

The World Health Organization prepares to announce that H1N1 Swine Flu is the first influenza pandemic in over 40 years. Read more

Sea Creatures Inspire CO2 Sponge: Discovery News

Posted Wed May 20, 2009 05:55 AM ET

The porous structure of sea cucumbers could be the perfect model to create a sponge that absorbs C02 and boosts hydrogen fuel production, said an Australian researcher. Read more

Hydrogen Fuel Made Using Green Energy: Discovery News

Posted Tue May 19, 2009 07:14 AM ET

In what may be the ultimate bid for clean energy, a NASA-backed group is designing a wind- and sun-powered fueling system for city buses -- and possibly other machines -- that run on hydrogen. Read more

Astronauts Take First Hubble Spacewalk: Discovery News

Posted Thu May 14, 2009 07:42 AM ET

A pair of spacewalking astronauts begin demanding repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope. Read more

Solar Power Replaces Human Toil in New Rickshaws: Discovery News

Posted Mon Oct 13, 2008 06:53 AM ET

A state-of-the-art, solar powered version of the humble cycle-rickshaw promises to offer a solution to urban India's traffic woes, chronic pollution and fossil fuel dependence, as well as an escape from backbreaking human toil. Read more

Political Conventions Go Green : Discovery News

Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 07:09 AM ET

The Democratic Party is using beer-based biofuel and a recycling brigade guarding trash cans to help ease the environmental impact of its convention in Denver this week. Read more

Grasslands Resist Climate Change : Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Tue Jul 8, 2008 06:04 AM ET

One of the longest-running experiments to predict the effects of climate change on plants offers some good news: After more than 13 seasons of applying typical global warming influences, a grassland ecosystem showed very little change. Read more

Astronauts Prep for Landing: Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Fri Jun 13, 2008 08:40 AM ET

Space shuttle Discovery gets a final check-up before a scheduled Saturday morning landing. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel : Shuttle Leaves Space Station

Posted Wed Jun 11, 2008 05:02 AM ET

Space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the International Space Station on Wednesday, ending a nine-day visit highlighted by the installation of a new Japanese lab. Read more