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Science

La Brea Tar Pits Excavations Unearth Nearly Intact Mammoth Fossil

La Brea Tar Pits Excavations Unearth Nearly Intact Mammoth Fossil

Approximately 10,000 years after the last glacial period ended, a nearly intact mammoth skeleton...
» read full story February 20th, 2009 - 16:44
Serotonin Changes Locusts’ Behavior

Serotonin Changes Locusts’ Behavior

 A new research pointed out that serotonin plays an important role in the way locust swarm...
» read full story January 31st, 2009 - 11:18
Study: Serotonin Stimulates Swarming Behavior in Locusts

Study: Serotonin Stimulates Swarming Behavior in Locusts

It is for good reason that locust swarm outbreaks are considered not only disastrous for the...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 14:24

Genetically modified maize lowers fertility in mice, study finds

Vienna - Feeding mice with genetically engineered maize developed by the US-based Monsanto...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 15:53
Blind Ant Sheds Light On The Beginning Of Ant Evolution

Blind Ant Sheds Light On The Beginning Of Ant Evolution

Ants have been populating Earth for millions of years, and their evolution and behavior have always...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 16:20
Flies Are Hard To Swat Because They Always See It Coming!

Flies Are Hard To Swat Because They Always See It Coming!

When it comes to quick and sometimes life-saving reactions, nothing beats the flies, as shown in a...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 13:30
Chili Peppers’ Anti-Fungus Defensive Mechanism: They Get Hotter!

Chili Peppers’ Anti-Fungus Defensive Mechanism: They Get Hotter!

The secret behind the spiciness in some chili peppers and the lack of it in others resides in a...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 16:19
Global Warming Pushes Tropical Insects Towards Extinction

Global Warming Pushes Tropical Insects Towards Extinction

Global warming caused by anthropogenic intervention could have a serious impact on...
» read full story May 06th, 2008 - 13:37
Oops!... 16 Million Bees Loose After Truck Flips On Highway

Oops!... 16 Million Bees Loose After Truck Flips On Highway

You think a bee sting hurts? Sacramento authorities have had to deal with millions of them after a...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 14:38
DEET Or How To Become Invisible To Bugs

DEET Or How To Become Invisible To Bugs

You probably would laugh at the perspective of an insect looking at you as its favorite meal of...
» read full story March 14th, 2008 - 14:43
Study: Primates Moved From Asia To North America 55 M Years Ago

Study: Primates Moved From Asia To North America 55 M Years Ago

The fossil of the earliest known primate to have inhabited the North American continent -...
» read full story March 04th, 2008 - 10:45
Scientists Discover New Species Of Elephant-Shrew

Scientists Discover New Species Of Elephant-Shrew

It seems like the Tanazian forests on the Udzungwa Mountains are the home of many mysteries and...
» read full story February 03rd, 2008 - 15:02
Giant Spider Web in Texas Baffles Experts

Giant Spider Web in Texas Baffles Experts

Remember the famous episode in the X-files series, when David Duchovny aka Agent Mulder was nearly...
» read full story August 31st, 2007 - 13:57
DOI Could Overturn MacDonald's Biased Environmental Decisions

DOI Could Overturn MacDonald's Biased Environmental Decisions

The Department of the Interior is expected to overturn politically-biased environmental decisions...
» read full story July 22nd, 2007 - 12:06
Old DNA Samples Reveal Greenland's Was Once Again Warmer

Old DNA Samples Reveal Greenland's Was Once Again Warmer

An international research team recovered the oldest DNA samples and used them to show that...
» read full story July 08th, 2007 - 16:02
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World

Calif. Officials Take Measures Against West Nile Virus

Calif. Officials Take Measures Against West Nile Virus

The number of mosquitoes which test positive at the West Nile virus check in California increases...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 21:53
Australia Kangaroo Cull Couldn’t Be Stopped

Australia Kangaroo Cull Couldn’t Be Stopped

The killing of the kangaroos started on Monday, at a military base in Canberra and continued...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 15:59
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Movies

Rolling the Stone: Sex and the City Has London World Premiere

Rolling the Stone: Sex and the City Has London World Premiere

The much awaited, discussed and dissected “Sex and the City” movie premiered here on...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 16:42
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Specials

The Swarming Instinct In Locusts Has An Explanation

The Swarming Instinct In Locusts Has An Explanation

A recent study presented in the journal Science reached the conclusion that the increases of...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 01:04
Los Angeles County Reports First Death from West Nile

Los Angeles County Reports First Death from West Nile

Although the mosquito season is due to end in October, West Nile virus continues to make...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:15
West Nile Virus Still Out There

West Nile Virus Still Out There

Although September is known as the end of mosquitoes season that does not necessarily mean the...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 15:00
Second Death Caused By West Nile Virus In California

Second Death Caused By West Nile Virus In California

A man passed away after having contracted the West Nile virus, this being the second confirmed...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 12:04
Update 2: The West Nile Virus Isn't Going Anywhere

Update 2: The West Nile Virus Isn't Going Anywhere

In response to the West Nile virus infections signaled across the country, the authorities decided...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 14:47
First Human Case of Infection with West Nile Virus in Illinois

First Human Case of Infection with West Nile Virus in Illinois

The most recent human case of infection with West Nile virus is a 28-year-old woman from Aurora....
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 15:31
Activists Present AIDS Ads To Increase Pandemic Awareness

Activists Present AIDS Ads To Increase Pandemic Awareness

At the 17th International AIDS conference, held in the City of Mexico, a ‘planting and eating...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 12:21
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Playing Coachella 2008

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Playing Coachella 2008

This year’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will benefit from the participation of...
» read full story January 22nd, 2008 - 10:29
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Health

Heated Boxes on Bats’ Caves Might Save Their Lives during Winter Time

Heated Boxes on Bats’ Caves Might Save Their Lives during Winter Time

Heated box placed in hibernation caves might help bats afflicted with a mysterious and deadly...
» read full story March 07th, 2009 - 14:54
Strange Deaths Among Bats

Strange Deaths Among Bats

A lethal condition that has been killing bats in New York for two years has spread into New Jersey...
» read full story January 26th, 2009 - 02:57
Elderly Woman’s Death Linked To West Nile Virus In Idaho?

Elderly Woman’s Death Linked To West Nile Virus In Idaho?

It appears that the West Nile virus may have played a part in the recent case which involved the...
» read full story October 04th, 2008 - 16:09
West Nile Virus Detected In Thurston County

West Nile Virus Detected In Thurston County

Two dead crows, one from King County and another from Thurston County, Washington, have been found...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 17:14

More Cases Of West Nile Virus Found

The most recent human cases of West Nile virus infection are a Grand Forks resident who was...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 14:15
Food Irradiation, Arguments Pro And Against

Food Irradiation, Arguments Pro And Against

The FDA’s approval last month of the irradiation treatment of spinach and lettuce to kill the...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 16:20

West Nile Virus Continues To Be A Threat

The West Nile virus continues to be a threat as the number of mosquitoes which test positive for...
» read full story September 07th, 2008 - 14:00

West Nile Season Reaches Its High Point

A 58 year-old Atlanta man was hospitalized for about a week after experiencing West Nile virus...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 16:01
Update: Antioch Woman Infected With The West Nile Virus

Update: Antioch Woman Infected With The West Nile Virus

An Antioch woman, aged 56, was infected with the West Nile virus, the Contra Costa Mosquito &...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 12:54
Mosquitoes Threat Danvers Residents

Mosquitoes Threat Danvers Residents

According to the Department of Public Health, a great number of mosquitoes collected in Danvers at...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 19:18
FDA’s Decision over Food Irradiation Stirs Debate

FDA’s Decision over Food Irradiation Stirs Debate

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the irradiation treatment of spinach and...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 13:30
Stop Bothering The Earwax!

Stop Bothering The Earwax!

Earwax should be left alone because it offers protection and has lubricating and antibacterial...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 15:10
How To Avoid Mosquito Bites

How To Avoid Mosquito Bites

If you have in mind going to the lake or river these days, we should remind you not to forget your...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 13:58
We Teach You How To Swat A Fly

We Teach You How To Swat A Fly

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) believe they solved the puzzle...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 17:18
West Nile Makes Its Second Victim In Orange County

West Nile Makes Its Second Victim In Orange County

The mosquito-transmitted disease claims its second victim in Orange County. A Garden Grove man...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 14:47
Finally Out: This Is The Way DEET Works

Finally Out: This Is The Way DEET Works

For those of you who were curious as to how DEET-based insect repellants work, the results of a...
» read full story August 25th, 2008 - 16:23
First Cases of West Nile Virus Reported

First Cases of West Nile Virus Reported

The first cases of the West Nile virus have been reported this year, so people should start taking...
» read full story August 23rd, 2008 - 17:49
California Officials Advice People to Take the West Nile Threat Seriously

California Officials Advice People to Take the West Nile Threat Seriously

Health officials from Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, gathered Tuesday...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 14:13
West Nile Virus Hits Again!

West Nile Virus Hits Again!

West Nile virus, an infection which is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 13:10
West Nile Season Continues. Two More Cases Found In Huntington

West Nile Season Continues. Two More Cases Found In Huntington

West Nile, the disease which affected nearly 175,000 people in the US last year, according to the...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 15:13
California Heat Wave May Cause New West Nile Virus Outbreak

California Heat Wave May Cause New West Nile Virus Outbreak

The heat wave that brought California down this summer was accompanied, besides the hundreds of...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 14:28
Caffeine Protects from Brain Damage in Multiple Sclerosis

Caffeine Protects from Brain Damage in Multiple Sclerosis

Scientists with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have found that when consumed in large...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 20:49

Report: Tropical Diseases Common among US Poor

Tropical diseases usually common in Africa, Asia and Latin American appear to be also common among...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 12:34
Mosquito Wave Hits Cascade County

Mosquito Wave Hits Cascade County

Due to the unusually wet spring that it has experienced this year, Cascade County is now facing a...
» read full story June 21st, 2008 - 00:17
USDA: Irradiation Makes Vegetables Safer

USDA: Irradiation Makes Vegetables Safer

I am sure everybody knows that washing fruits and vegetables at home under the tap is the best way...
» read full story April 12th, 2008 - 21:02
Vaccines against Malaria to Be Tested on Volunteers

Vaccines against Malaria to Be Tested on Volunteers

The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 12:44
Screening To Detect Chagas Disease Could Save Lives

Screening To Detect Chagas Disease Could Save Lives

A new screening strategy devised by a team of U.S. researchers could make the detection and...
» read full story December 27th, 2007 - 17:18
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