Coral Algae Have "Eyes," 

The single-celled algae that set up house inside hard corals and give reefs their vibrant colors may be able to see, a new study says. The algae—called zooxanthellae—have mysterious crystal-like deposits, which are made of uric acid, a common element in light-reflecting ...more

Spider Monkeys Invent Medicated Body Scratcher

Wild spider monkeys now have a new tool under their proverbial belt: a body scratcher that may release medicinal compounds, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Primates. The study is the first to report this spider monkey scratcher. Lead author...more

Vegetarians 'avoid more cancers' 

Vegetarians are generally less likely than meat eaters to develop cancer but this does not apply to all forms of the disease, a major study has found. The study involving 60,000 people found those who followed a vegetarian diet developed notably fewer cancers of the blood...more

dust cloud circled globe in 13 days

Dust clouds generated by a huge dust storm in China's Taklimakan desert in 2007 made more than one full circle around the globe in just 13 days, a Japanese study using a NASA satellite has found. When the cloud reached the Pacific Ocean the second time, it descended...more

Brain-Controlled Wheelchair Is "95 % Accurate"

It may not look like much at first glance, but researchers in Japan have pulled off a Jedi mind trick of sorts for directing electric wheelchairs. Carmaker Toyota and research lab RIKEN have created a wheelchair that can be controlled by thought, perhaps heralding improved mobility for the severely disabled and elderly...more

Floating wind turbine launched

Floating wind turbines can help shift offshore wind farms out of sight. The world's first floating wind turbine is to be towed out to sea. Statoil's Alexandra Beck Gjorv told  the technology, the Hywind, to be put off Norway's coast - "should help move offshore wind farms out of sight". And it could...more

0.3 % of the Sahara Could Power All of Europe

Solar power is an exciting source of renewable energy, but has so far mostly been used to power little things like homes, cars and small villages. But what if solar energy was used on a scale that would power the majority of Europe? The Desertec Foundation, a Jordanian and German company are hoping to secure financing for...more

Flexible Solar Powered Rooftop Shingles

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory  in Richland have developed flexible solar panels that could be installed on roofs like shingles. This technology was originally used to protect flat panel televisions from dampness. They used to cover television screen with transparent, thin films that acted as barriers...more

Largest solar tower switches on

THE World’s largest solar power tower went into use near Sevilla. The PS20 tower has a capacity of 20 megawatts, enough to supply 10,000 homes. The plant, located at Sanlucar la Mayor, has just undergone a three day testing period. It is the second plant being operated...more

Fish Species Has 'Human' Ability To Learn

A common species of fish which is found across Europe including the UK, called the nine-spined stickleback, could be the first animal shown to exhibit an important human social learning strategy. The sticklebacks can compare the behaviour of other sticklebacks with their own...more

Immune therapies finally working against cancer

First there was surgery, then chemotherapy and radiation. Now, doctors have overcome 30 years of false starts and found success with a fourth way to fight cancer: using the body's natural defender, the immune system. The approach is called a cancer vaccine, although it treats the...more

Floating wind turbine launched

The world's first floating wind turbine is to be towed out to sea. Statoil's Alexandra Beck Gjorv told the BBC the technology, the Hywind, to be put off Norway's coast - "should help move offshore wind farms out of sight". And it could lead to offshore wind farms eventually being located...more

Malaria vaccine enters final tests

Hopes that a malaria vaccine could be widely available by 2012 have risen with the start  of phase III trials of the world's most advanced candidate. Five infants in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, have received Glaxo Smith Kline's RTS,S vaccine and 16,000 children aged two and under will receive the vaccine...more

Ancient Antarctic Mountains Found Under Miles of Ice

In a study published by the British journal Nature, the scientists described a vast terrain that had been hidden beneath ice up to two miles thick for eons, until new imaging technology recently uncovered them. "The landscape has probably been preserved beneath...more

Glowing Monkeys

Who knew artificial evolution could be cute? Common marmosets Kel and Kou, Keio University School of Medicine in an undated photo released  have skin that glows green under UV light. Born of genetically engineered, glowing parents, the baby monkeys came by their fluorescence...more

Man-made star to unlock cosmic secrets

When the world's most powerful laser facility flicks the switch on its first full-scale experiments later this month, a tiny star will be born on Earth. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California aims to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion, the reaction at the heart of the Sun...more

"Missing Link" Human Skull Found

Scientists working in Africa have discovered a Stone Age skull that could be a link between the extinct Homo erectus species and modern humans . The face and cranium of the fossil have features found in both early and modern human species. The skull is believed to be between 250,000 and 500,000 years old...more

House OKs $6.4 billion to make schools greener

The House on Thursday passed a $6.4 billion school modernization bill that would commit funds for the construction and update of more energy-efficient school buildings The measure passed 275-155 in a largely party-line vote, and will now move to the Senate for further ...more

New Ears Found in Deep Fish 

In the sunless abyss of the deep ocean, fish have evolved ears like no others, a new study says. Examining several fish species collected from waters as deep as 2.5 kilometers, researchers discovered ear structures never seen before in other fish The strange structures may enhance...more

Star Crust Is 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel

The Man of Steel has nothing on the collapsed cores of massive snuffed-out stars, scientists say. A new computer model suggests that the outer crusts of so-called neutron stars are the strongest known material in the universe. To determine the breaking point of a neutron star's crust, the team ...more

Breastfeeding 'protects mother'  

Women who breastfeed their babies may be lowering their own risk of a heart attack, heart disease or stroke, research suggests. A US study found women who breastfed for more than a year were 10% less likely to develop the conditions than those who never breastfed. Even breastfeeding for...more

Morning sickness :  Sign of bright baby  

It may be a sign that your child is developing a high IQ. Irena Nulman and colleagues at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,  contacted 120 women who years earlier had called a morning sickness hotline. Thirty did not have morning sickness, but the researchers asked the rest to recall the...more

Scientists create 'portable lung'  

Professor Bill Johns shows how the portable lung would work. A portable lung which could help those with breathing problems lead a normal life is being developed by scientists. Researchers say their device, which oxygenates blood outside the body before it goes through the lungs...more

Stem cell 'deafness cure' closer 

Stem cells that could be used to restore hearing have been successfully created, scientists have said. A Sheffield University team took stem cells from foetuses and converted them into cells that behave like sensory hair cells in the human inner ear. Their discovery could ultimately help those...more

Nano-treatment to torpedo cancer  

Nanotechnology has been used for the first time to destroy cancer cells with a highly targeted package of "tumour busting" genes. The technique, which leaves healthy cells unaffected, could potentially offer hope to people with hard-to-treat cancers where surgery is not possible...more

UV lights could curb TB transmission

Using ultraviolet (UV) lights in hospital wards and waiting rooms could cut the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in hospitals by 70 per cent, scientists have found. Researchers hung UV lights — shielded to protect patients — from the ceiling of a hospital ward in Lima...more

Lung cancers 'to drop by fifth' 

Rates of lung cancer will drop by nearly a fifth over the next 20 years, experts predict. Cancer Research UK analysis suggests that by 2024, 40 per 100,000 people will get the cancer compared with the current rate of 50 per 100,000. Researchers said measures such as the smoking ban meant the...more

'Ethical' stem cell creation hope

The ability to create stem cell treatments without using embryos is a step closer, say researchers. A UK and Canadian team have manipulated human skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells without using viruses - making them safer for use in humans. The cells are ...more

A Wind Turbine for Every Rooftop? 

These days, there are more and more options for those of you who want a small wind turbine out in the yard or on your roof. They range from the standard to the somewhat bizarre, and come in sizes that can power several major appliances all the way up to your whole house and beyond. In the right...more

Bug enzyme generates fuel from water

Light-powered, bacterial enzyme-containing nanoparticles that release hydrogen from water could lead the way to new strategies for generating the energy-rich gas. The lack of low-cost ways to create hydrogen gas is one of the main barriers to the dream of economies fuelled...more

Grape extract kills cancer cells 

An extract from grape seeds can destroy cancer cells, US research suggests. In lab experiments, scientists found that the extract stimulated leukaemia cells to commit suicide. Within 24 hours, 76% of leukaemia cells exposed to the extract were killed off, while healthy cells were...more

Alien asteroid dust hints at Earth-like planets

Dust made up of similar stuff as the Earth has been found in and around a handful of dead stars. The dust, which was left behind when the stars chewed up errant asteroids, suggests terrestrial planets may be common. Six white dwarfs, the burned-out embers of Sun-like stars, showed...more

Float hero gave kidney to a stranger

Hooshang Torabi donated his kidney the way others might give up spare change.
It was a simple decision, Torabi insisted. A man he never met before needed a kidney. Torabi had one to give. "When I found out what kind of health this gentleman was in, it was a natural decision,"...more

Whistling Orangutan May Hint at Language Evolution

Bonnie's whistling isn't so surprising to her caregivers. The 140-pound orangutan at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has been whistling for about two decades. Now a new study suggests that the sounds she makes could hold clues about the origins of human language...more

Improvements seen four years

Four years since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned massive walls of water that swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead according to a United Nations estimate, improvements can be seen in many of the devastated areas, humanitarian groups ...more

4,000-year-old Amber Necklace Has Been Unearthed 

A  4,000-year-old amber necklace has been unearthed in England. The rare find was unearthed from a stone-lined grave – known as a Cist  - excavated by the team from The University of Manchester Field Archaeology Centre and Mellor Archaeological Trust.
It is the first time a...more

First Contact With Inner Earth

A drilling crew recently cracked through rock layers deep beneath Hawaii and accidentally became the first humans known to have drilled into magma—the melted form of rock that sometimes erupts to the surface as lava—in its natural environment, scientists announced ...more

Dinosaur Dads Played "Mr. Mom" 

The paternal care common among birds may have its origins among dinosaurs closely related to Velociraptor, reports a new study. Researchers studying the evolution of reproduction in the swift and carnivorous creatures, which are believed to have evolved into...more

Water found in hot planet's orbit

Scientists say they have found evidence for water vapour in the atmosphere of a planet 63 light-years from Earth. The "hot Jupiter" planet's surface temperatures exceed 900C. Writing in the journal Nature, the scientists say their discovery may help find planets that can support life. In a separate study...more

Wild Elephants Live Longer Than Their Zoo Counterparts 

Wild elephants in protected areas of Africa and Asia live more than twice as long as those in European zoos, a new study has found. Animal welfare advocates have long clashed with zoo officials over concerns about the physical and mental health of elephants in captivity. British and Canadian scientists who conducted the...more

Librarian leaves $2.2 million to her colleges

A retired Virginia school teacher and librarian who died two years ago left more than $2 million to split between the universities she attended, the schools announced. Jane Iris Crutchfield's estate will donate $1.1 million each to the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at...more

David and Goliath" City Found in Israel? 

The remains of an ancient gate have pinpointed the location of the biblical city Sha'arayim, say archaeologists working in Israel. In the Bible young David, a future king, is described as battling Goliath in the Elah Valley near Sha'arayim. The fortified gate at the Elah Fortress—the second to be found at the site—proves...more

Mammoth Genome Decoded -- Clones on the Way

Using hairs from woolly mammoths, scientists have sequenced an extensive genome of these elephant cousins, a new report says. The development brings researchers a step closer to "resurrecting" the extinct species via cloning, though so many technical obstacles stand in the way that some...more

Macedonia plants six million trees 

Macedonians took a day off work to plant six million trees in an action launched back in March to revive forests after fires ravaged an estimated 35,000 hectares of greenery. "The main goal of the 'Day of The Tree -- Plant your future' initiative is to protect the environment and increase ecological awareness...more

Alien Planet System Revealed

Astronomers unvieled unprecedented glimpses of alien planets, including the first ever images of another multiplanet system and the first visible-light images of a planet outside the solar system. The discoveries represent major advances in our planet-finding abilities and raise hopes for perhaps the ultimate...more

Malaria's bitter pill made sweeter 

Studies in five African countries have shown that a new sweetened formulation of an antimalarial that can be dissolved in water is just as effective as the crushed standard tablet. It is hoped that the new formulation will make children more likely to finish a course of antimalarials. The study, carried out in...more

Blind band will be Rose Parade's first

The entire student body had been herded into the gym to sing The Star-Spangled Banner, which was video- recorded for a school project. That was pretty cool, in itself -- several of the roughly 120 students at the Ohio State School for the Blind have perfect pitch, so it wasn't your average school-choir rendition...more

Foreclosure Angel' Saves Stranger's Home 

Tracy Pottsboro lost her job and then her home when she couldn't make mortgage payments. she watched as her home was auctioned off in Dallas. "The final farewell to my house," Pottsboro said. "It means so much to all of us. It's not just a house." Auctions on foreclosed houses are an opportunity for some...more

Drug reboots immune system to reverse MS

For the first time, a drug has successfully reversed nerve and brain damage from multiple sclerosis, trial data suggests. "This is unprecedented," says Alasdair Coles at the University of Cambridge, UK, who coordinated a trial that found that the drug alemtuzumab blocks progress of multiple sclerosis. MS disables...more

Hubble Back to Work

The Hubble Space Telescope could resume scientific observations as early NASA officials said. The 18-year-old spacecraft has not gathered data since September 27, when its data formatter, which sends information back to Earth, stopped working. NASA engineers put several key Hubble computers and...more

One Well-Dressed Airlift Operation

Scientists aren't sure why nearly a thousand penguins got stranded far north of their normal migration area, on beaches along the equator in Brazil this year. It may have been unusual ocean currents. Whatever the cause, a Brazilian Air Force plane was used to relocate more than 370...more

largest wind farm in Africa

Ethiopia  signed a 220-million-euro deal with a French company for the construction of Africa's largest wind farm. The contract was inked by representatives of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPC) and French wind turbine manufacturer Vergnet...more

Nearly 300 New Marine Species Found

Scientists have found 274 new species of corals, starfish, sponges, shrimps, and crabs 1.2 miles beneath the surface of the ocean around Antarctica. "We know very little about the deep sea," said lead scientist Nic Bax, a marine biologist with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Hobart, Tasmania...more

Solar Cells With a Twist

US researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars. The finding, reported on in the journal Nature Materials, offers a new way to process conventional silicon by slicing the brittle wafers into...more

How some women never get sick

They survive cold season without a sniffle. They fly in germ-packed airplanes unscathed. And they somehow avoid stomach bugs that decimate the office. Wish you could be one of these women who never get sick? Try one or -- even better -- all of these seven secrets, and you may join this club come flu season...more

Male Songbirds Are High on Love

Male zebra finches could be addicted to love. When wooing females, the Australian songbirds feel pleasure akin to that of a drug-induced high, a new study says. In many animals, natural stimuli such as food and sex activate the brain's reward systems. In humans, drugs such as cocaine and amphetamines...more

Boy saved from rope swing hanging

A five-year-old boy was saved by two girls when he accidentally got a rope swing caught round his neck. Sam Marsden, from Darcy Lever, Bolton, Greater Manchester, was playing in woods near his home when the rope became wrapped round his neck. As he slipped down a bank beneath the swing, the rope...more

Smallest Dinosaur  Discoveredt

A chicken-size dinosaur with a taste for termites was the "anteater" of its day and may be one of the smallest dinosaurs ever discovered in North America, scientists say. The new species, dubbed Albertonykus borealis, is a member of an unusual-looking dinosaur group known as the Alvarezsaurs...more

Hundreds of new species found

Australian scientists have discovered hundreds of new coral and marine species on the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef which they say will improve monitoring reef biodiversity and the impact of climate change. Three expeditions to the reefs over four years to collect the first inventory of soft corals....more

Crows make monkeys out of chimps in mental test

Crows seem to be able to use causal reasoning to solve a problem, a feat previously undocumented in any other non-human animal, including chimps. Alex Taylor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and his team presented six New Caledonian crows with a series of "trap-tube" tests. A choice...more

Firefighter saves cat with mouth-to-mouth

Acts of bravery and courage come with the territory of a firefighter, but Al Machado might have broken new ground Tuesday when he saved a house cat with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Sweating and breathing heavily from fighting the fire, Mr. Machado was still making faces and picking fur from his mouth when he told a reporter there...more

Mars lander observes its first dust devils

At least six dust devils have been imaged by the Phoenix Mars lander – the first ever observed by the probe. The spiralling vortices of dust, which do not pose a danger to the lander, may have been triggered by a growing difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures. Whirling dust devils towering nearly a kilometre ...more

Exercise may improve memory in older people

Regular, moderate exercise may help improve memory in older people and delay the onset of dementia, a study in Australia shows. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, involved 170 participants aged 50 and over who reported some memory trouble but who did not have dementia. Half engaged in moderate exercise...more

Ancient Amazon Cities Found

Dozens of ancient, densely packed, towns, villages, and hamlets arranged in an organized pattern have been mapped in the Brazilian Amazon, anthropologists announced . The finding suggests that vast swathes of "pristine" rain forest may actually have been sophisticated urban landscapes prior to the ...more

Researchers Combat Cancer With A Jasmine

Could a substance from the jasmine flower hold the key to an effective new therapy to treat cancer? Prof. Eliezer Flescher of The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University thinks so. He and his colleagues have developed an anti-cancer drug based on a decade of research into the commercial applications of the compound Jasmonate...more

Wonderful women unite for a +ve SA

Thousands of women from all walks of life will unite behind a positive South Africa on 31August at the Absa Stadium in Durban.  Known as the Wonderful Women Gathering, the vision is to fill the stadium and for women to stand up and be counted in an affirmation of a new future. The event is driven by Di Smith and Derryn Campbell of Awesome...more

King penguin receives knighthood

Nils Olav already has medals for good conduct and long service. He made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King's Guard in 2005. And  he was knighted. Not bad for a 3-foot tall penguin — actually, three of them. A resident of Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, the original Nils Olav was made an honorary member of the King's Guard in 1972...more

Trees Kill Odors & Other Emissions

Planting just three rows of trees around poultry farms can cut nuisance emissions of dust, ammonia, and odors from poultry houses and aid in reducing neighbor complaints, according to scientists from the University of Delaware. Some of the emissions were cut by almost half, George W. Malone, Ph.D., and colleagues...more

King penguin receives knighthood

Nils Olav already has medals for good conduct and long service. He made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King's Guard in 2005. And  he was knighted. Not bad for a 3-foot tall penguin — actually, three of them. A resident of Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, the original Nils Olav was made an honorary member of the King's Guard in 1972...more

Trees Kill Odors & Other Emissions

Planting just three rows of trees around poultry farms can cut nuisance emissions of dust, ammonia, and odors from poultry houses and aid in reducing neighbor complaints, according to scientists from the University of Delaware. Some of the emissions were cut by almost half, George W. Malone, Ph.D., and colleagues...more

'Anti-noise' silences wind turbines

If wind energy converters are located anywhere near a residential area, they must never become too noisy even in high winds. Most such power units try to go easy on their neighbors' ears, but even the most careful design cannot prevent noise from arising at times: One source is the motion of the rotor blades, another is the cogwheels that...more

Solar Powered Air Conditioner Released

Company called GreenCore Air has released an air conditioner than can be powered by a single 170 watt solar panel. The GreenCore air conditioning unit can heat and cool a 600 square foot room. It runs on DC power, so there is no need to put an AC inverter between the solar panel and the air conditioner. This eliminates...more

Meet South Africa’s Dr. Dolittle

In these scrubby lowlands of eastern South Africa, a place of dust and thorn trees and some of the world’s most renowned game reserves, everyone knows Brian Jones.To hundreds of schoolchildren, tourists, and veterinary students he is a teacher – one who nuzzles with wild dogs, shows the beauty of vultures, reveals the mysteries...more

Hospital Beds Speak 13 Languages

Someday we'll all have beds like the new ones at Grady Memorial Hospital. Not only can some of the new beds talk, they speak 13 languages. The new beds have the brains of a computer and can communicate about 30 programmed questions and commands that help in the care of patients who don't speak the native tongue...more

New Manta Ray Species Discovered

What scientists call the manta ray is actually at least two distinct species with unique behaviors and lifestyles, a scientist announced recently. The more commonly known manta ray is smaller and more easily seen, usually staying near coasts. Little is known about a second, larger species that avoids contact...more

Greek "Computer" Tracked Ancient Olympics

A Greek machine sometimes called the world's first computer could have helped sports fans track the cyclical schedule of ancient athletic contests—including the Olympic games, new research reports. The Antikythera mechanism, which dates to around 150 to 100 B.C., is a complex...more

Clean up the River Ganges

Most mornings, as the sun steals over the Ganges, Veer Bhadra Mishra takes a dip in India's holiest river. As high priest of a Hindu temple, it is his solemn duty. But as a scientist, the ritual is profoundly discomforting. The Ganges, revered as a symbol of spiritual purity for more than 2,000 years. This is especially true in the ancient pilgrimage...more

Missouri Town Powered Entirely by Wind

Missouri's a pretty tough place to grow most crops. But there's one thing they've got plenty of: wind. So a small town, Rock Port, has decided to use the powerful breezes to its advantage, building four wind turbines to provide power to their town. "That's something to be very proud of, especially in a rural area like this...more

Kenya village gets clinic from brothers

When residents of a tiny Kenyan village sold their chickens and cattle to buy Milton Ochieng's $900 plane ticket to Dartmouth College, they told him they wanted something in return. Eight years later, he's a Vanderbilt University Medical School graduate preparing for his residency. In his home village of Lwala, a clinic he and younger...more

Married couples who play together stay together

Most couples know their marriages are happier when they make time to have fun. But often it's the fun that's first to fall by the wayside as demands pile up, especially in a trying economy when couples often work long hours or hold down more than one job. Now...more

90% Homes Have Solar Water Heaters

Hawaii has enacted a law that requires all new homes to install solar water heaters. Eventually, Hawaii may have as many water heaters as Israel, where 90% of homes have solar water heaters installed. When viewed from above, the Jerusalem often glitters with the shine of the thousands of solar heaters that adorn rooftops. These heaters were first...more

93 year old gets high school diploma

A 93-year-old Minnesota man has finally become a high school graduate. Harold Pugh, a decorated World War II vet, retired postal worker and well-known dance instructor, received an honorary high school diploma Tuesday night from Roseville Area Schools, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported...more

Migrating Birds Understand "Foreign Languages"

Like avid travelers picking up local languages, migrating birds appear to learn and understand the common calls of unrelated bird species that they encounter during their long journeys, new research reveals. Birds that remain in one location throughout the year have no...more

Stone Age Art Caves May Have Been Concert Halls  

Prehistoric peoples chose places of natural resonant sound to draw their famed cave sketches, according to new analyses of paleolithic caves in France. In at least ten locations, drawings of horses, bison, and mammoths seem to match locations that focus, amplify, and transform the sounds of human...more

Family is everything'

Beverly and Sam Gardner never thought they'd have 16 kids. But after their four biological children were born, they started adopting – and couldn't stop. Eventually, 12 more children were added to the family. Each one has a story. "Chip [now 10] was 6 months old when we got him. He'd been put in a book bag, zipped up, and put...more

Pets Can Improve Your Health and Aid in Recovery  

There is now evidence showing that domestic animals not only provide great companionship, but they can also help prevent illness. A recent study conducted by the University of Minnesota has highlighted the importance of regular contact with pets. The study showed that having a cat for a pet can reduce...more

Pooch of a wet nurse

Snowie the dog was a "certified cat-hater," says her Ewa Beach owner, Frank Schultz. But that was before the family found four kittens abandoned in their garden shed. Now Snowie has become their adopted mom, nursing them four to six times a day even though she has never been pregnant. "I think it's a miracle," said Megumi Schultz, a sixth-grader. But experts say...more

First four-continent telescope 

A radio telescope that spans four continents has been set up for the first time. In an observational run conducted in May, antennas in North America, South America, Europe and Africa all pointed in the same direction. Signals were fed by fibre optics to create real-time images at a hub in the Netherlands...more

Iraqi Girl got the Gift of Sight

During his tour of duty in Iraq, Army Sgt. Johnny Kempen thought he'd seen everything, until he met a little girl who saw nothing at all. Kempen noticed one day, as soldiers threw candy to children in a tense Baghdad neighborhood, a little girl standing out. "Watching her trying to get the candy and not being able to get it, it was like watching a kitten or something...more

"Lost" Pyramid Found Buried 

The pyramid of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been rediscovered after being buried for generations, archaeologists announced.The pyramid is thought to house the tomb of King Menkauhor, who is believed to have ruled in Egypt's 5th dynasty for eight years in the mid-2400s B.C. Long since...more

World's rarest rhinos captured on video

Hidden cameras have captured rare footage of critically endangered Javan rhinos in the jungles of Indonesia, which will help understand the animal's behavior patterns, the wildlife conservation group WWF said. The rhinos have appeared twice on cameras one month after the devices were installed...more

New Zealand moves to protect rare dolphins 

New Zealand plans to ban commercial fishing near its coast and set up marine reserves to protect the rare Hector's dolphins, a government minister said. The Hector's dolphin is estimated to number around 7,400 from 29,000 in the late 1970s. However, one of its sub-species, the Maui dolphin, is said to...more

Reverse Evolution" Discovered in Seattle Fish

When a historic cleanup helped clear the waters of a polluted lake near Seattle, a population of tiny, spiny fish called sticklebacks may have "evolved in reverse" to survive. In the 1950s, Lake Washington, an inland lake that parallels Washington State's Pacific Coast, took on 76 million liters of phosphorous-laden...more

11-Year-Old Wins National Geographic Bee 

Cochabamba is the third largest urban area of what country? Eleven-year-old Akshay Rajagopal knew, and with the answer—Bolivia—he won the 20th annual National Geographic Bee today in Washington, D.C. The national finals tested the geographic knowledge of 55 U.S. students in fourth through eighth...more

Sixty pandas safe after China quake

Some 60 giant pandas at a Chengdu research centre near the worst hit part of the massive China earthquake are safe, Xinhua reported. But there was no word yet on the fate of pandas at another research centre at Wolong, near the epicentre of Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake.At least 10,000 people died...more

Non-profit group Teach for USA sees big growth 

Backpacking in Europe? Nah, the dollar's too weak - and for some, the needs closer to home are too great. More than ever, graduating college seniors are signing up to spend two years in America's poorest communities as part of Teach for America, the nonprofit organization that recruits and trains top...more

Tree-lined streets 'cut asthma'

Children who live in tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma, a New York-based study suggests. Columbia University researchers found that asthma rates among children aged four and five fell by 25% for every extra 343 trees per square kilometre. They believe more trees may aid air quality...more

Railway, NGO change lives of urchins 

The street urchins who had made the Vadodara railway station their home and ‘workplace’ too after running away from their villages are now gainfully employed in hotels, workshops and the market place of the city. Nearly 60 street children, making a living out of begging and sometimes stealing in...more

Tiny Young Galaxies "Full of Stars" Discovered

A newly discovered type of young galaxy has astronomers echoing David Bowman's famous last words in the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey: "My God, it's full of stars." While these galaxies are small enough to fit within the central hub of our own Milky...more

Iraq Museum Reclaims 700 Stolen Artifacts 

Iraq's National Museum welcomed the return of more than 700 antiquities stolen during the chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion five years ago. Golden necklaces, daggers, clay statues, pots, and other artifacts were displayed briefly during a ceremony attended by Syrian and Iraqi officials...more

Australia Grows by a Million Square Miles

Australia has extended control of its continental shelf by nearly 2.6 million square kilometers under an agree-ment with the United Nations, Martin Ferguson, the country's resources minister, announced...more

More space for species in Europe 

Brown bears, wolves, lynx, owls and black storks have been given vast new areas to roam in as the European Commission accepted new areas corresponding to two-thirds the size of...more

Sight restored after 66 years

Surgeons have restored the sight of a man who was blinded in one eye 66 years ago during the Blitz. John Gray, 87, was injured during a bombing raid on Clyde...more

Researchers find rare giant turtle

Biologists have identified a soft-shell giant turtle of cultural significance in northern Vietnam that was believed to be extinct in the wild, researchers said...more

Successfully breeds endangered frog

If frogs can have high hopes, then those of the endangered Mississippi gopher frog are resting with the Memphis Zoo, the first zoo to successfully breed the vanishing...more

First Lungless Frog Found

The first recorded species of frog that breathes without lungs has been found in a clear, cold-water stream on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. The frog, named...more

Little Hero

A 5-year-old South Jersey boy's being called a hero for saving his grandmother from choking on Jell-O. Shirldine Stewart's little hero is her 5-year-old grandson, A'zir, who she credits with saving her life after she started...more

Man wrestles croc to rescue wife

A woman has been rescued from the jaws of a saltwater crocodile in Australia after her husband jumped onto its back and forced it to flee. The attack took place in the...more

 Ants Are Experienced Fungus Farmers

Entomologists Ted Schultz and Seán Brady at the Smith-sonian's National Museum of Natural History have been providing new insight into the agricultural abilities of ants and how these abilities...more

STMicro launches chip to detect bird flu

Europe's top semiconductor maker, STMicroelectronics, said it has developed a portable chip to detect influenza viruses including bird flu in humans...more

Baby Whales Talk to Mom

Researchers say they have shown for the first time that humpback whale calves make sounds. The nonprofit Cetos Research Organization, which studied humpbacks off Maui...more

Earth, Mars, Moon Have Different Origin

A new study is challenging the long-standing notion that the whole solar system formed from the same raw materials. Until now most scientists had believed that the inner solar...more

Dolphin rescues stranded whales

A dolphin guided two stranded whales to safety after human attempts to keep the animals off a New Zealand beach failed, a conservation official said. "I've never heard of...more

Chinese worker survives death by meditation

A chinese construction worker who was buried alive as he worked in a ditch used Buddhist meditation tech-niques to control his breathing and survive on just the air...more

Teenager with four kidneys wants to be a donor

A ONE in a million Leeds teenager has pledged to see if she can help patients desperately in need of a transplant – because she's got FOUR kidneys. Laura Moon, from...more

Drew helps 'Fill The Cup' for Kenya

Drew, one of the world's most recognized film stars, announced a personal donation of US$1 million on the Oprah Winfrey Show to help the World Food Programe feed thousands of school...more

"T. Rex of the Ocean" Found in Arctic

Dubbed the "the Monster," this newly identified fossil predator is one of the largest marine reptiles ever found, scientists announced. The 50 foot long "sea monster" was excavated last summer on...more

Algae-in-a-vat may power the future

Genetically modified green algae could one day produce stored energy in the form of hydrogen gas, say Australian researchers, fuelling a hydro-gen economy Associate Profe-ssor Ben Hankamer...more

Do animals think like autistic savants

When Temple Grandin argued that animals and autistic savants share cognitive similarities in her best-selling book Animals in Translation, the idea gained steam...more

Road Closed to Help Frogs Get to the Other Side

Mike Anderson still remem-bers the time he helped carry 437 frogs and salamanders across Shades of Death Road. But it wasn't enough. When he and the other amphibian...more

Tiny perching pterosaur discovered

A beautifully preserved fossil of a tiny pterosaur suggests that the giant pterodactyls that roamed the skies during the late Cretaceous period may have come from...more

Wild elephants on increase in Kenya

Kenya's population of eleph-ants _ both a tourism drive and a measure of the state of the East African country's wildlife _ is increasing, after successful anti-poaching...more

Woman's kiss of life saves tiger cub

A YOUNG mother saved a four-month-old tiger by giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Janine Bauer, 24, watched in horror at a zoo in Germany as the tiger cub...more

Oil Paintings Found in Caves

A newly discovered mural is one of many in 12 of Afghanistan's famed Bamian caves that show evidence of an oil-based binder. The binder was used to dry...more

Giant Elephant-Shrew Discovered in Africa

Not really a Shrew at all, the species is more closely related to sea cows and elephants, this represents the 16th species of elephant-shrews found to date...more

Why don't chimpanzees like to barter commodities?

For thousands of years, human beings have relied on commodity barter as an essential aspect of their lives. It is the behavior that allows specialized professions...more

First 100% organic, 'green' restaurant opens in NYC

Gunning for a national presence, New York City's first green- and organic-certified restaurant has opened its doors. Gusto Grilled Organics is a Greenwich Village...more

A Blacker Black: Darkest Known Material Created

Scientists have delivered a crushing blow to fans of the cult movie This is Spinal Tap—a material even blacker than the band's black album cover. In the 1984 film...more

Boy Scout saves Maldives President’s life

A 15-year-old Boy Scout intervened to stop a man from stabbing Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom with a kitchen knife , a move the leader's spokesman said saved him from assassi-nation...more

11 rescued 3 months after Russian shipwreck

ARescuers have reached 11 people who survived a shipwreck and then were stranded in the Russian wilderness for almost three months, Russian media reported. The castaways...more

China Bans the Use of Plastic Bags

China announced that produc-tion and use of plastic bags in supermarkets and retail shops will be banned beginning June 1. This new law could have a considerably positive environ-mental impact, given that...more

Australia to end plastic bags in supermarkets

Australia has followed China in announcing it plans to end plastic bag use in super-markets, with its new environ-ment minister saying he wants a phase-out to start by the end of 2008. "There...more

Studies show yoga has multiple benefits

Yoga induces a feeling of well-being in healthy people, and can reverse the clinical and biochemical changes associated with metabolic syndrome, according to results of studies...more

India to provide subsidy for solar power plant

CIndia will subsidize the running of solar power plants to help develop a renewable energy infrastructure, where high costs can be prohibitive, the minister for renewable energy said...more

After 50-year gap, man graduates college at 87

A 50-year gap in his higher education didn't stop Clarence Garrett. After returning to college in spring of 2006 as a full-time student, Garrett completed course work at the University of Wisconsin...more

Beijing to switch to cleaner fuel

China will phase in cleaner motor fuel in Beijing in the next two months while keeping pump prices unchanged, a local newspaper said on Tuesday, in a move...more

India starts putting its street children in schools

Eleven-year-old Anurag never went to school because he had to scavenge through Delhi's bins, dumps and gutters in search of sellable trash each day before spending his nights...more

Whales Evolved From Tiny Deerlike Mammals

LThe nearest ancestors of Earth's largest-ever animals were tiny deerlike creatures that jumped into rivers to flee prehistoric predators, a new study suggests...more

Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs

Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back...more

Solar-powered taxi seeks to go around world

Louis Palmer's taxi cost as much as two Ferraris, has a top speed of 90 kms (55 miles) per hour yet could make history as the first solar-powered car...more

Colour X-ray machine sees so much more

A colour X-ray machine that can detect the chemical make-up as well as the structure and shape of a sample has been demonstrated by UK researchers. They say...more

Biggest black holes may grow inside 'quasistars'

The biggest black holes in the universe might have grown within the bellies of giant stars, a new study suggests. If these hole-bearing "quasistars" exist, then they might be bright...more

Formerly Conjoined Twins Doing Very Well

Formerly conjoined twins have ''excellent'' chances of survival after a grueling separation surgery, and one of the toddlers is even breathing on her own, doctors said. Two-year-olds Yurelia and Fiorella Rocha-Arias of San Jose, Costa Rica, were conjoined at the chest and abdomen and shared an oversize...more

Stem-cell advance opens up the field

Colonies of tiny cells flourishing in petri dishes in the US and Japan are reshaping the political and ethical landscape surrounding human stem-cell research...more

Scientists decode whale sounds

Australian scientists studying humpback whales sounds say they have begun to decode the whale's mysterious communication system, identifying male pick-up lines and motherly warnings. Wops, thwops, grumbles and squeaks are part of the extensive whale...more

Star May Be Forming Rocky Planets

The violent formation of a new solar system has left one heck of a mess around a nearby star—and suggests that Earthlike planets may be far more common than previously believed....more

Eye contact and a smile will win you a mate

You are more likely to think other people are attractive if they are looking straight at you and smiling. The finding helps to explain long-standing questions over the...more

Toddlers Bond With Robot

Will the robot revolution begin in nursery school? Researchers introduced a state-of-the-art social robot into a classroom of 18- to 24-month-oldsy....more

Light activated cancer drug hope

Scientists say they may be able to make cancer-fighting drugs target tumours far more effectively by using ultra-violet light to activate them. Monoclonal antibodies are seen as a key weapon in the fight against cancer, but can attack healthy tissue as well...more

Eye Scan May Help Diagnose, Treat MS

A short and simple eye scan not only appears capable of spotting multiple sclerosis earlier in the course of the disease, but might also provide a way to track progression of the illness, as well as the effectiveness new drugs in development, researchers say....more

The fish that can survive for months in a tree

It's one of the golden rules of the natural world – birds live in trees, fish live in water. The trouble is, no one bothered to tell the mangrove killifish. Scientists have discovered that it spends several months of every year out of the water and living inside trees...more

Dolphin's new tail can help human amputees

Prosthetic specialist Kevin Carroll travels the country tackling the toughest human amputation cases, so it was only natural that he was also drawn to Winter — the only known dolphin to survive the loss of her powerful tail flukes. “My heart went out to her...more

Himalayas created by high-speed impact

IT BRINGS a new meaning to the land speed record. After the break-up of the Gondwanan supercontinent 140 million years ago, India sped north at 20 centimetres per year - about five times as fast as any other landmass in the recent geological past. The speed of its collision with Asia propelled the Himalayas to the top of the world...more

Students compete to design solar homes

If the predictions of 1950s futurists had come true, we'd be whizzing to work in hovercrafts as domestic robots cleaned our prefab domes. While such idealistic prophesies are often tempered by time, that hasn't kept academics and inventors from creating bold visions about the home of tomorrow. That's exactly what brought...more

Oldest Painting

It looks like modern art, but this painting could hardly be older. Archaeologists discovered the painted pattern of black, white, and red among the ruins of an 11,000-year-old house in northern Syria—making it the oldest wall painting ever discovered.r...more

Endangered China tiger caught on camera after 30 years

A South China tiger has been caught on camera by a hunter-turned-farmer, the first confirmed sighting for 30 years of a sub-species experts had feared was extinct in the wild, the Xinhua news agency said. Zhou Zhenglong took over 70 snaps of the young tiger lying in the grass near a cliff in a mountainous part of central China. Experts confirmed the images showed one of the elusive cats....more

Indonesia to Plant 79 Million Trees in One Day

Indonesia, which has destroyed vast tracts of forest, will plant 79 million trees in a single day ahead of the U.N. climate change summit in Bali in December. The event, scheduled for November 28, is part of a global campaign to plant one billion trees launched at U.N. climate change talks in Nairobi last year...more

Corals May Have Defense Against Global Warming

Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the World Wildlife Fund said. The new species were found in a remote region known as the "Green Corridor" in Thua Thien Hue province in central Vietnam....more

Two-hour on plane wing

Ancient corals may have been more adaptable to changing ocean chemistry than previously thought. The findings may offer hope that modern corals can adapt as global warming causes seas to become more acidic. These fossil corals in diverse reef communities...more

New Plant, Animal Species

Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the World Wildlife Fund said. The new species were found in a remote region known as the "Green Corridor" in Thua Thien Hue province in central Vietnam....more

Nonexistent" Flying Fox Discovered

This unusual species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist. Jake Esselstyn, a biologist with the University of Kansas, was among a team of researchers that found the animal, a type of fruit bat, last year while surveying forest life on the island of Mindoro ...more

Bottle makes dirty water drinkable

The way fresh water is supplied to disaster-hit regions could be revolutionised after an Ipswich-based businessman invented a £190 bottle that makes foul-smelling water drinkable in seconds.Michael Pritchard hopes that the bottle could be a life-saver for refugees in disaster regions where....more

1/3 of Americans are convinced that prayer improves health

The therapeutic potential of spirituality has always been a point of discussion. It emerged from the results of a recent survey published in ‘Archives of Internal Medicine’ magazine that one third of Americans turn to prayer as a source of good health Specialists say the principal reason for which patients pray is for good health, as many as 75%...more

Volvo Introduces Plug-in Concept

Volvo Cars is introducing the Volvo ReCharge Concept, a serial plug-in hybrid with four electric wheel motors based on the Volvo C30, at the Frankfort Auto Show, September 13 - 23, 2007. The car can be driven about 62 miles  on battery power before the car's four-cylinder Flexifuel...more

Love Knows No Bounds

"Your neighbor isn't just someone who lives next door," attested Pastor Bruce Davenport of the 7th ward of New Orleans, speaking during a recent whirlwind speaking tour of Ithaca, NY. "You've shown the real meaning of the word." Hosted by Ithaca-based group Love Knows No Bounds...more

NASA's next big space telescope passes test

Engineers have successfully tested the mirror-controlling "brain" of the James Webb Space Telescope, which is expected to rival imagery taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The software, known as Wavefront Sensing and Control (WFSC), will allow...more

World's Oldest Diamonds Discovered

The world's oldest known diamonds have been found encased in a crystal in Western Australia. The minuscule gemstones are 4.25 billion years old and could provide a rare glimpse into Earth's distant geologic past...more

Ancient Farm Discovery Yields Clues to Maya Diet

The ancient Maya cultivated crops of manioc—also known as cassava—some 1,400 years ago, according to archaeologists studying a Maya farm preserved in volcanic ash. The discovery may help solve the long-standing mystery of how the ...more

Egyptian Tomb of Noblewoman Found

An ancient Egyptian noblewoman's large stone coffin has been found in a tomb near the pyramid of Unas, experts announced. Archaeologists were digging near the crumbling pyramid in Saqqâra, 15 miles...more

Monkeys learn to do arithmetic for peanuts

It takes a smart monkey to do mathematics, and although Elsa Addessi insists her 10 capuchins aren't quite doing sums, she admits they must be pretty clever to be able to pass the tests that she has put them through. One can even...more

Six Species Found

Six new animal species have been found in remote forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), conservationists announced. A two-month expedition, led by the Wildlife Conservation Society, discovered a tiny bat, a rodent, two shrews ...more

Egypt's Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered

The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced. The massive fortress, discovered at a site called Tell-Huba...more

Ovary transplant produces embryo

A woman has produced an embryo after receiving an ovarian transplant from her sister. Crucially, the women received the graft from a sibling who was not her identical twin, the first time an embryo...more

Orang-utan communication is like charades

Gina gestured for the banana. When Erica offered her a stick of celery instead, single mother Gina, 42, impatiently gestured again. When Erica held up the banana, Gina clapped. She's better behaved than...more

Egypt's 15,000 Years Old Art Identified

Rock face drawings and etchings recently rediscovered in southern Egypt are similar in age and style to the iconic Stone Age cave paintings in Lascaux, France, and Altamira, Spain...more

New Skintight Spacesuit Design Unveiled

Can an engineer bring sexy back—to the future? Dava Newman, a professor of astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, just might if her new space suit design makes it off the launching pad...more

Good Samaritan Rescues Family From Burning Car

A car crash survivor tells NBC 15 News she's alive because of the heroic efforts of a complete stranger. "He saved our lives," said Amanda Bramstedt, a mother of one. "Without him I don't know if we'd be here right now...more

Egypt outlaws all female circumcision

Egypt finally banned all female circumcision, the widely-practised removal of the clitoris which just days ago cost the life of a 12-year-old girl. Officially the practice, which affects both Muslim and Christian women...more

Rare "Smiling" Bird Photographed for First Time

Call him the Mona Lisa of the bird kingdom. The rare recurve-billed bushbird, recently rediscovered by scientists in Colombia after a 40-year absence, sports a curving beak that gives the illusion of an enigmatic smile...more

Tilting to the right

America's Supreme Court rules that students should not be assigned to schools on the basis of their skin colour. BY THE narrowest of margins, five votes to four, the Supreme Court on Thursday June 28th ruled against...more

Canon Tops List of Climate-Friendly Companies

Canon Electronics Inc., athletic gear leader Nike Inc. and food and consumer goods giant Unilever Plc topped a list rating climate-friendly companies. There was a cluster at the bottom of the list of 56 companies...more

Google plugs in to hybrid car develop-ment with $10M

Internet search giant Google hopes to speed the development of plug-in hybrid cars by giving away millions of dollars to people and companies that have what appear to be practical...more

Yoga May Help Treat Depression, Anxiety Disorders

Yoga's postures, controlled breathing and meditation may work together to help ease brains plagued by anxiety or depression, a new study shows...more

A plane that thinks it's a boat

WALK along the River Warnow, in northern Germany, and you may be lucky enough to spot a SeaFalcon, a sleek, white machine with two propellers, two wings and a distinctly un-birdlike tail. It looks like an aircraft...more

Birds That Sing Together Scare off Invaders

Many of us humans head in the other direction when faced with singers who can't carry a beat. But the opposite is true in Australian magpie larks. For these birds...more

Landslides old and new found on Mars

It looks like someone has been painting blue streaks on the wall of this Martian crater.  But in fact this is a false colour picture from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera...more

T. Rex, Other Big Dinosaurs Could Swim

Predatory dinosaurs such as the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex could swim, say scientists who claim they have found definitive proof of the behavior...more

Human antibodies successfully treat bird flu

"Immortalised" blood cells from two Vietnamese patients who survived a brush with bird flu may provide a way to cure people of the infection, rather than just reduce its severity. Antibodies made...more

Boy who slept in trash bin is student of the year

For much of his life, he was a cocky kid who didn't need any adults to look after him or tell him what to do. He was always in and out of schools in his small town outside of Jackson, Miss. He spent a lot of...more

Mars Rovers Find "Best Evidence Yet" of Water

The Mars rover Spirit has found new evidence that the red planet was once quite wet. A malfunctioning wheel on the rover accidentally unearthed whitish mineral deposits when it scraped through the top layer of soi...more

Old computers find new life overseas

In her native Malaysia, Mary Tiong developed a reputation for selling leftover computer monitors for a large manufacturer behind the industry's best-known brands. She earned a...more

Deep-Sea Alien Abode Discovered

Carnivorous sponges, blind creepy-crawlies adorned with hairy antennae and ribbed worms are just some of the new characters recently found to inhabit the dark abysses of the Southern Ocean...more

Philippines attempts world record for breastfeeding

About 10,000 mothers gathered on Wednesday in nearly 300 state and private hospitals, day-care centres and parks across the Philippines to raise awareness of breastfeeding and try to set a Guinness record for the event...more

Beijing Car Ban Cut Air Pollutant by 40 Percent

When officials in Beijing kept about 800,000 cars off the road for three days last year, it cut the amount of nitrogen oxide air pollution almost instantly by about 40 percent, scientists reported...more

Sewers to help heat 2010 Olympic village

In an effort to make the 2010 Winter Olympics as environmentally friendly as possible, the city of Vancouver is turning to its sewers to help heat the athletes' village. Officials, trying to...more

World’s First Tree Reconstructed

Earth's oldest known tree stood nearly 30 feet tall and looked like a modern palm, a new reconstruction shows. Workers uncovered hundreds of upright stumps of the 385 million-year-old tree more than...more

First sign of water found on an alien world

Water has been detected in the atmosphere of an alien world for the first time, a new analysis of Hubble Space Telescope data suggests. Some scientists applaud the result – which had been predicted theoretically but not observed in ...more

Man Survives Two Days Using Survival Tips He Saw On TV

Watching survival shows on various media outlets can really prove useful in real life situations. It proved lifesaving for a young Scottish man who got lost in an Australian national park. He survived...more

Pit Bull saves 2 women from deadly cobra

An American Pit Bull Terrier, rescued Liberata la Victoria, 87, and her granddaughter Maria Victoria Fronteras from a deadly cobra which had entered their house through an opening in the kitchen...more

How a spoonful of honey can make toast of the superbugs

Honey could be the latest weapon in the battle against hospital superbugs. It has long been used to dress wounds by the Aborigines, who trusted its anti-bacterial powers...more

Climate change unites science & religion

Laying down their swords over how we came to exist, leaders from scientific and evangelical communities in the US joined forces today in an unprecedented effort to protect what we have...more

Virtual men also keep distance

Males stand further away when talking to other males in the virtual world of Second Life and are less likely to keep eye contact, according to a study that shows at least one...more

NZ aims to be world's first carbon neutral country

Helen Clark has set New Zealand the ambitious goal of becoming the world's first greenhouse gas neutral country, pledging big emission cuts by government...more

The six steps to having a stress-free day at work

If the mere thought of another busy day at the office zaps your energy then all you need is a dog, a nap and phone....more

$1,714 in Katrina Insurance Money Lost, but Returned by 10 Year-old

This is a great little story of Tyler Bunch, an African-American boy living in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, who found more than $1,700 cash in an envelope on the....more.

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