Vital Signs: Safety: Laws Reduce Drunken-Driving Deaths
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, The New York Times, July 8, 2008
( Two federal policies meant to make it harder for young people to acquire alcohol have significantly reduced drunken-driving deaths, a new study finds. )
Vital Statistics: Risk, From a Broader Perspective
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, The New York Times, July 8, 2008
( New risk charts published last month provide a broader perspective than most of the risk calculators available on the Internet. )

Images of Mercury taken during the flyby, from left: the Caloris basin, a volcano and a new view of the planet.
Flyby of Mercury Answers Some Old Questions
By KENNETH CHANG, The New York Times, July 8, 2008
( The flyby of Mercury by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft in January provided the first close-up look at the planet since the 1970s. )

The roof of a General Motors distribution plant in California is covered in solar panels.
Large Solar Energy Array Set for G.M. in Spain
By MATTHEW L. WALD, The New York Times, July 8, 2008
( A Michigan company, Energy Conversion Devices, plans to announce Tuesday that it is providing the solar electric system for what it says will be the world’s largest rooftop array, on a General Motors assembly plant in Zaragoza, Spain. The project will be 12 megawatts, a huge number in a field where most arrays are measured in kilowatts, units 1,000 times smaller. )
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, The New York Times, July 8, 2008
( Two federal policies meant to make it harder for young people to acquire alcohol have significantly reduced drunken-driving deaths, a new study finds. )
Vital Statistics: Risk, From a Broader Perspective
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, The New York Times, July 8, 2008
( New risk charts published last month provide a broader perspective than most of the risk calculators available on the Internet. )

Images of Mercury taken during the flyby, from left: the Caloris basin, a volcano and a new view of the planet.
Flyby of Mercury Answers Some Old Questions
By KENNETH CHANG, The New York Times, July 8, 2008
( The flyby of Mercury by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft in January provided the first close-up look at the planet since the 1970s. )

The roof of a General Motors distribution plant in California is covered in solar panels.
Large Solar Energy Array Set for G.M. in Spain
By MATTHEW L. WALD, The New York Times, July 8, 2008
( A Michigan company, Energy Conversion Devices, plans to announce Tuesday that it is providing the solar electric system for what it says will be the world’s largest rooftop array, on a General Motors assembly plant in Zaragoza, Spain. The project will be 12 megawatts, a huge number in a field where most arrays are measured in kilowatts, units 1,000 times smaller. )
