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Medical teams have rushed to help the hundreds of thousands in need of medical care in Haiti. But with limited resources, they must make life or death decisions for critical patients every day. Emergency physician Michael Millin describes the ethics of practicing triage in the wake of a disaster.

The $4 million the United States spends each year to detect near-Earth comets and asteroids is not nearly enough to detect all potentially threatening objects, according to a new report. Faith Vilas and Michael A’Hearn, two authors on the report, discuss options for keeping Earth safe.

Reuters – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday proposed a $63.64 billion budget plan for next year, an increase of about $560 million from the current one, saying the economy was not improving enough to avoid layoffs and other harsh cost-cutting measures.

We lost a family member In Afghanistan earlier this month. He was Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael P. Shannon.

Genetically modified food, vaccines and synthetic biology are all hot-button issues. But they shouldn’t be, according to guest Michael Specter, author of the new book Denialism. He argues that the scariest threat is not science itself, but the reluctance to discuss it.

Reuters – New York City can revive its economy by helping Haitians and other immigrants get small business loans, creating jobs and other programs for at-risk youths, boosting anti-foreclosure efforts, and setting up neighborhood credit unions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday.

What happens when scientific research borders on science fiction? Michael Belfiore, author of the new book The Department of Mad Scientists, talks about the bizarre projects happening behind the scenes at DARPA — the secretive research arm of the Department of Defense.

President Obama outlines his strategy for Afghanistan at a speech at West Point on Tuesday. Obama will likely face a skeptical audience; support for the war is in decline. Ambassador Wendy Sherman, special adviser to President Clinton, and Michael Gerson, chief speechwriter to President George W. Bush, offer their insight.

More than half the coalition casualties in Afghanistan this year are from the United States. Michael White, who runs the Web site icasualties.org, which tracks the number and nature of troop deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, says there has been a “very high” increment in the number of casualties this year.

You might know something about the birds and the bees, but did you know the bees have been having a fling with the orchids? Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food , has written about the scandalous affair and says orchids “practice some very weird sex.”