08/04/2006

Iceberg crashes into Drygalski Ice Tongue

An iceberg, C-16, rammed into the Drygalski Ice Tongue, a large sheet of glacial ice in Antarctica, breaking off a huge block and forming a new iceberg.

Globe Talk: Tech no panacea to preparedness

Be prepared for the next big one to strike. That's been the rallying cry of the government ever since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and yet public confidence in the public sector to deliver on those calls has been ...

Proposed Nantucket wind farm in jeopardy

A tentative U.S. Senate agreement could give Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the final say on the wind farm project proposed for Nantucket Sound.