Science news articles about 'backup plan'

... steep cuts in carbon emissions are essential to stabilizing global climate, there also needs to be a backup plan. Geoengineering solutions such as injecting dust into the atmosphere are risky, but ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is urging parents to have a backup plan for caring for their kids in case they are hit by swine flu once the new school year begins....

... animal pollinators, and most of those are bees," she says. "Native pollinators are serving as a backup plan for the honeybee." Winfree will present a study that combines data from over 50 published ...

(AP) -- The tropical storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country's wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane Katrina took out networks.

... "We suggest interbreeding some experimental commercial poultry lines with native or standard breeds as a backup plan, or ace in the hole, to help the industry meet future challenges, as traits such ...

U.S. supercomputer now world's fastest ... Sickle cell bone marrow transplant best … World needs CO2 emergency backup plan … Flu shots may cut risk of blood clots ... Health/Science news from UPI.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature might abhor a vacuum, but it loves a backup plan. In living organisms, physiological systems are kept under tight control by hierarchies of organic safety catches and emergency ...