The remaining vulture population in the North West Rajasthan range suffers an increased vulnerability due to:•Isolated subpopulations•Very large foraging areas (local and non-local threats)•Very low…

Anthropomorphizing, the process, as Twain might say, of “underestimating the animal by assigning to him human traits,” has had a good year. The reasons range from the continuing dominance of the…

Like 'green' technology?  Currently 97% of the world's 17 rare earths originate from China and they are necessary for catalytic converters that reduce emissions in cars, for computer monitors,…

Is nothing secret any more?    Not with Google Maps prowling the planet.The top secret location of Batman's Batcave has been revealed and it's not under Wayne Manor - it's at an Air Force…

Unlike the American Revolution, the French one turned out to be a bloody mess and led to Napoleon sacking all of Europe.   Because the French hated the British, they then instituted a French…

ATLANTA, October 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- InComm, the leader in sales and marketing of prepaid products and innovator of transaction processing, won two coveted awards at the second annual Prepaid…

Astronomers report they have measured the distance to the most remote galaxy and have found that they are seeing it when the Universe was only about 600 million years old (a redshift of 8.6), making…

A Nuclear Eco-Catastrophe Fans of British apocalypse novels a la Wyndham and John Christopher ought to enjoy Chalres Eric Maine’s The Tide Went Out, another story focused the catastrophic…

One of the most recognized markers of cellular aging is the progressive accumulation of damage in the DNA, a molecule that cannot tolerate the alteration of the genetic information coded…

LONDON, October 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Real-time engagement activity in Twitter will intensify over the coming year, according to PR, search and social media agency ( http://www.punchcomms.com/…