A private foundation is creating new nature reserves spanning thousands of acres of South American bird habitat. It is to protect some of the rarest birds in the world. This unique conservation effort took birth from the surprise 1997 discovery of a…
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Corn was also cultivated 4,000 years ago, about a thousand years earlier than previously believed. An ancient culture in southern Peru has revealed this, as it is found to have cultivated corn. Excavating a site in the Andean highland town of Waynuna,…
We are already aware that ice sheet is shrinking. But, what is the rate? A new space-based study of Antarctica that can completely measures the ice sheet mass balance shows its ice sheet is shrinking. It was during the period 2002-2005, researchers…
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With astronomers growing crazier exploring the ever happening space, need for ground-based astronomy is growing faster. But amidst all the developments, there is a disappointing future to come. In just 40 years, pollution from aircraft exhaust trails…
Aircraft Exhaust Trails and Climate Change will Abort Telescope Use in 40 Years Read More »
Cancer from soft drinks and fruit juices! Yes, both the drinks contain a dangerous combination of two preservatives which could be increasing consumers’ risk for cancer. Tests on 230 soft drinks sold in the United Kingdom have benzene levels above…
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To plan an effective future energy production, solar rather than nuclear energy should be the UK government’s priority. This is according to scientists writing this week in the journal Nature Materials.
Photovoltaics, the direct conversion of…
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It needs to be optimistic to transform wildflower into a major new oilseed crop. A small North Carolina-based specialty crops company is trying to do just that to produce an alternative to coconut and palm oils.
After 20 years history of applauding…
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At last the battle against climate change has been broke open. Its fighting the greatest future cause of global warming — the growth of aviation. All over the country, a coalition of homeowners and anarchists, NIMBYs and internationalists is mustering.
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The Bush administration has proposed allowing ethanol plants to send more hazardous air pollutants into the air. Is this a practical attempt to increase domestic production of alternative fuel sources? The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a…
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A plague wracked Athens from 426 to 430 B.C. and eventually led to the city’s fall. The ancient medical mystery behind it has eventually been solved by DNA analysis, researchers say. According to a new study, the ancient Athenians died from typhoid…
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