An endangered species of flora or fauna ups the risk of the extinction of the…
Month: May 2008
New Study Shows How Genes Control Blood Proteins Important To Health
A new study shows how genes control levels of many blood proteins implicated in disease….
Eel Fishing Multiplies The Accidental Capture Of Other Fish By Eight
In the Ebro River delta, the fishing of elver (an eel, Anguilla anguilla) leads to…
How Body Size Is Regulated
Scientists are beginning to unravel the question why people distinctly vary in size. An international…
Why Emotional Memories Of Traumatic Life Events Are So Persistent
Emotional memories of traumatic life events such as accidents, war experiences or serious illnesses are…
Canada: Environmentalists, energy companies look to U.S. for decision on polar bears
Canadian Press: Canadian environmentalists and energy companies will be looking to the American government this…
Japan to Set Goal of Cutting Emission 80% by 2050, Nikkei Says
Bloomberg: Japan’s Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will set a goal of cutting the country’s greenhouse…
Canada: Global warming tied to Arctic caribou decline
Province: In the summer of 1996, biologist Frank Miller was flying along the coast of…
United States: Dry summer could spell nasty wildfire season
Associated Press: With millions of trees ravaged by bark beetles, Colorado is bracing for what…
United States: Cool ideas for an energy-saving summer and future
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: With summer heat around the corner, some consumers came to the South…