Rot-Proof Apple Developed: Stays Fresh for 4 Months
Scientists in Australia have developed an apple that won't rot. Or, won't rot for a long, long time....
Scientists in Australia have developed an apple that won't rot. Or, won't rot for a long, long time....
LiveScience | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
Evolution in humans is commonly thought to have essentially stopped in recent times. But there are plenty of examples that the human race is still evo...
latimes.com | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, making it easi...
AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
JOHANNESBURG — A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved ...
AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
LONDON — British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the bound...
Wallace J Nichols | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact
Let's mine neuroscience to develop a set of powerful conservation tools that educators, advocates, policymakers and scientists can use to better and more deeply engage, inspire and lead people in the restoration and protection of our beloved ocean.
Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...
Tim Ellis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
The anti-vaccination movement has picked up steam in the past few years, and authorities now believe that pockets of unvaccinated children are forming. This is beginning to have deadly results.
David Sullivan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology
Electronics companies should commit resources to trace supply chains back to the point of extraction, conduct audits, and check assurances for fraud to certify electronics products as conflict-free.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
I wonder, are there ingredients in human sperm yet to be identified that can chemically alter a woman's body? Help her to conceive? Prepare the body for pregnancy?
Yahoo! News | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
New research suggests that alcohol may boost the progression of cancer by stimulating a pathway inside cells....
eSarcasm | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy
Now, they aren't actually talking about humans -- they're talking about plants and animals able to reproduce both by themselves and with others. But that doesn't make it any less amusing.
Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.
Michael Sigman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology
It can be exhilarating to contemplate the digital and evolutionary future. But I don't know if I could bear a world of "vookcases," "vook reports," and God forbid, a New York Review of Vooks.
Todd Kashdan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
Let's move beyond the silly argument of how much television people should watch. If you are a parent, the amount of TV your children watch should not be another area for you to stress about.
Reuters | John Mehaffey | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home
Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Any Neanderthal wom...
Posted 10.13.2009 | Technology
Chris Higgins at Mental Floss flags this very cool video of an ultra-slow motion camera capturing the impact of bullets on a variety of objects. Two ...
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
Allowing the Census Bureau to apply its scientific powers to the question of changing families is a breath of fresh air from which demographers, and the public, will ultimately benefit.
Landon Ross | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
Other countries are on a future trajectory to out-compete us in science and technology. It's hugely unpatriotic to do nothing in the face of moneyed interests pushing superstition into the classroom.
Doc Childre | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
Many people are feeling a shift in consciousness happening now and some are predicting a major planetary shift around the year 2012.
npr.org | Laura Sydell | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology
Many of us like to believe that there's a little magic behind the making of a hit single. David Meredith, CEO of Music Intelligence Solutions, says th...
Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 10.12.2009 | World
KAUST is the first university in Saudi Arabia to allow a mixed-gender environment. This has triggered a 'showdown' between the press and a senior member of the clergy.
Medical News Today | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
University of Michigan mathematicians say they have identified the signal the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a fin...
eSarcasm | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy
eSarcasm managed to score an exclusive interview with Ardi. Here she talks about what it's like to be the world's first hip hop diva, and reveals the real reasons why men walk upright.
Posted 10.09.2009 | New York
Since first opening at the American Museum of Natural History in 1998, the Butterfly Conservatory has been cherished by millions of children and adult...
treehugger.com | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green