Global Warming Study Melts Away Blair’s Doubts
It seems that UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking climate change a lot more seriously than his old buddy…
Soundwave Fusion Rocks On
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, and the Russian Academy of Sciences have answered their critics by using sound…
H5N1 Vaccine Proves 100 Percent Successful In Animal Tests
Using a common cold virus – adenovirus – as a foundation, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh say they have…
To Boldly Go Where No Rock Lobster Has Gone Before
Australian scientists claim they have found another use for crayfish (rock lobster) besides a seafood salad. Rather than a tasty…
More Evidence Of Our Close Relationship With Chimps
The theory that humans and chimpanzees may be more closely related to each other than chimps are to the other…
Houston, We Don’t Have A Problem
While scientists are yet to produce the likes of a Borg bio-ship, a new self-healing spacecraft being developed by the…
Researchers Slam Media Over Wrong-Headed Plant-Methane Hype
The researchers who found that plants emit significant quantities of the greenhouse gas methane have come out swinging at what…
Watch Comedies, Avoid Heart Attack
It looks like that old column in Readers Digest was right. According to a study published in the journalHeart, laughter…
Darwin’s Dilemma Solved?
The New York Academy of Sciences Readers & Writers lecture series will play host to biologists Marc Kirschner and John…
Astronomers Discover Gigantic X-Ray Tunnel
A team of astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory say they have discovered a giant Milky Way-sized tunnel filled with…
Direct Observations Of Circadian Processes Reveal New Layers Of Complexity
Our biological timekeeper – known as the circadian clock – runs to a 24-hour rhythm that regulates metabolism, cell division,…
Amazon A Desert For Soil Bacteria
The diversity of soil bacteria in the otherwise species-rich Amazon is more like a desert, while paradoxically, the arid desert…
Treated Wood A Long Term Environmental Threat
The arsenic used to treat wooden decks, utility poles and fences will leach into the environment for decades, posing a…
Dogs Sniff Out Cancer
Cancer detection in the kennel? It just might be the best way to identify cancer if results from a recent…
Carbon Isotopes Reveal Ancient, Abrupt Climate Change
A new study from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography illustrates how global warming caused by greenhouse gases can quickly disrupt…
Adolescent Mental Health Studies Cause Alarm
A study from Brandeis University, reported in the journal Psychiatric Services, has found that psychotropic drug prescriptions for adolescents leapt…