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Loss of bats will hurt agriculture
As a study shows that insect-eating bats in North America save farmers at least $3.7 billion yearly in pest-control costs, concern grows over a disease affecting bats.
May 4, 2011
Norwegian scientists fabricating radiation sensors for CERN particle collider
These 3D radiation sensors will be needed when the CERN 30-km particle ring in Switzerland is upgraded to run at higher energies in 2017.
May 3, 2011
Dieters, don’t let that salad word fool you
Are you dieting? Dieters are more likely to take the word "salad" to mean, well, salad, while non-dieters look past the language to what's on the plate.
May 2, 2011
How peppermint may cool that irritable bowel syndrome
Peppermint can help ease irritable bowel syndrome, and Australian researchers may have figured out how such cooling substances help soothe the agony.
May 2, 2011
Happy people eat candy, hopeful people eat fruit
Candy urge? Switch your focus from the happy things of your past to the positive glow of your future, and you might reach for fruit instead, say these researchers.
May 2, 2011
Oil exploration and development in the Arctic
Robert Blaauw of Shell International participated in the Commission on Arctic Climate Change, which issued a report on oil exploration in spring 2011.
April 28, 2011
Gallup survey: In U.S., 53% worry about having enough money in retirement
Gallup survey shows those closest to retirement worry less about having enough than workers in 30-49 age group. Most project retirement age at 66.
April 27, 2011
Chernobyl photographer finds beauty amid devastation
Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident of April 26, 1986, the dead zone is open to visitors, and an artist's photographs invite a closer look.
April 26, 2011
Fukushima health effects studied, 25 years after Chernobyl
The sad lessons learned from Fukushima should allow more accurate estimates of the aftermath of nuclear power plant accidents in the past and present.
April 26, 2011
Gut types: Which of the three are you?
Researchers have classified people into categories of bacterial ecosystems. Yes, you read that right. You're an ecosystem. One of three gut types possible.
April 24, 2011
