Around_the_Web – Page 47

DNA From Prehistoric Yeast Cells Reconstructed
By the Editor on December 12, 2012
How does evolution innovate? We exist because our ancestors have had the ability to adapt successfully to changes in...
0
The Origin of Species?
By the Editor on December 12, 2012
The old saying that where there’s muck, there’s brass has never proved more true than in genetics. Once, and...
0
Mighty Old Trees Are Perishing Fast
By the Editor on December 12, 2012
The death rate of many of the biggest and oldest trees around the world is increasing rapidly, scientists report...
0
Scientists Search for Life Under Antarctic Ice
By the Editor on December 12, 2012
With the temperature at a balmy midsummer -17c, drilling has started in Antarctica in an attempt to find evidence...
0
Life Lessons in Space
By the Editor on December 12, 2012
In 2015, Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend a year onboard the International Space...
0
Earth Has a Couple of ‘Near’ Misses
By the Editor on December 12, 2012
Over the past couple of days, two asteroids ‘2012 XE54’ and ‘4179 Toutatis’ passed close to Earth. 4179 Toutatis,...
0
A Deliberate Language Barrier
By the Editor on December 12, 2012
The United States and Britain are two countries “divided by a common language”, George Bernard Shaw allegedly quipped. This...
0
Dying to Make Greener Batteries
By the Editor on December 12, 2012
A common and ancient plant dye could replace cobalt and help deliver greener lithium-ion batteries, according to an American...
0
‘Like Lesser Americans’: Atheists Face Discrimination, Persecution
By the Editor on December 11, 2012
Atheists and other religious skeptics suffer persecution or discrimination in many parts of the world and in at least...
0
Understanding How Children Develop Empathy
By the Editor on December 11, 2012
The capacity to notice the distress of others, and to be moved by it, can be a critical component...
0