-
Condors’ Comeback Imperiled By Lead Poisoning
The California condor’s return from near extinction is threatened by persistent exposure to lead-based bullets, despite intensive efforts to...
0 -
Evolution and Our Inner Conflict
E.O. Wilson reflects on evolution and the human condition over at the New York Times blog The Stone: Are...
-
Would Finding ET Shatter Religious Beliefs?
The discovery of life beyond Earth would shake up our view of humanity’s place in the universe, but it...
-
Scientists Are Scared of Math Too
It’s not just artistic types that find math a turn-off and try to avoid having to deal with it...
-
EEG Brain Trace ‘Can Detect Autism’
A simple brain trace can identify autism in children as young as two years old, scientists believe. A U.S....
-
Complex Thinking Goes Beyond Primates
It’s not just man’s closer primate relatives that exhibit brain power. Dolphins, dogs and elephants are teaching us a...
-
Text Mining Medicine
Researchers should scour historic medical archives to discover knowledge that could inform today’s biomedical research and clinical practice.
-
Beyond Rio: Pursuing ‘Ecological Citizenship’
Andrew Revkin reflects on the end of the “Rio+20” United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in his Dot Earth...
-
U.K. Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
Farmers, used to betting on the weather, are changing their tactics to cope with changes in the rules of...
-
The Big Bang Didn’t Need God to Start the Universe
Our universe could have popped into existence 13.7 billion years ago without any divine help whatsoever, researchers say. That...