Two monuments to East Germany’s peaceful revolution of 1989 were supposed to be unveiled in time for the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this autumn. But due to a raft of obstacles, from roosting bats to technical challenges, neither project will be ready on time.
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) points to the homogenization of global diets over the past fifty years. It shows that worldwide production of traditional staples such as millet, rye, sorghum, yams and cassava have been in decline. Instead, the world’s population increasingly relies on a relatively […]
HMS Vanguard is to be refuelled at a cost of £120m after low levels of radioactivity were discovered in the cooling waters of a submarine test reactor.
A great white is about to make history as the first of its species to be seen crossing from one side of the Atlantic to the other.
A great white is about to make history as the first of its species to be seen crossing from one side of the Atlantic to the other.
After the World Ocean Summit, the long term future is not assured. We can hope that the more positive nations move on aggressively, to combat those people and industries who would violently continue their unthinking habits. Some fishing and eating habits became obsolete when so many species, great and small, started to disappear © The […]
Doctors have upgraded the immune system of 12 patients with HIV to help shield it from the virus’s onslaught.
Without wings, smaller terrestrial animals are really restricted when it comes to moving long distances to find new areas of habitat. However, lots of species get around this problem simply by clinging on to other, more mobile animals. The common, yet overlooked pseudoscorpions are among the most accomplished stowaways, one of which (Cordylochernes scorpiodes) has […]
How animals represent freedom to you
Midwest refineries are processing crude oil from Canada’s tar sands. Chicago officials voted to ban any new companies from storing petroleum coke in the city, and said existing companies can’t expand. » E-Mail This
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