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Scientists, a few days earlier, have discovered that global warming is making the polar bears cannibals! It is not just that. With the ice shrinking at the Arctic, the global warming instigating industrial pollutants is also apparently shrinking the…

One year has passed after the Hurricane Katrina struck and ravaged the United States’ Gulf Coast — the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. But, along with the memories of the dead, the cities too do not seem to have recovered much – the still patchwork of…

The sun has been found going through reoccurring cycles for the last atleast eleven years. Most recently, the year 2000 was a solar maximum of sunspots. After 2005, there is an upswing in sunspot activity leading to another solar maximum in 2010 to…

Scientists, for long, have been warning us on the effects of climate change, leading also to several disease outbreaks! But, do you know, this also enlists the deadly disease that claimed about 75 million lives in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East in…

Incidents of breast cancer are rising across the world each day! And United States ranks near the top internationally! This increase in the curve is pretty disturbing! But, what is leading to this growth?

Though some breast cancer risks are due to…

Can we call it organic explosives? The world seems to be slowly moving towards building defence then fighting terror! The terrorists, to live up with their weaponry powers have learnt to use fertilizers to make an explosive! Yeah, they made it from…

The ocean climate has changed over decades, rather centuries. But, what is the more accurate model to reveal the changes?

Every creature has its place and role in the oceans – even the smallest microbe, according to a new study that may lead to more..

Six million years ago, massive erosion of the Alps mountains occurred by a sudden drop in the level of the Mediterranean Sea, a team led by Sean Willett, a University of Washington geologist discovered.

With erosion more or less keeping pace with the.

The ice storms that may lush the planet in future, may largely damage, especially, the commercially important loblolly pine trees. And, this may lead to a huge economic loss. But, what is the solution against the loss? — increased levels of carbon…

� A child needs 6000-10,000 disposable diapers prior to toilet training. Soiled diapers are usually tosses into household, hospital or roadside garbage.

* In the US alone, 18 billion diapers end up in landfills every year, adding 5 million…