Chemical analysis of a stalagmite found in the mountainous Buckeye Creek basin of West Virginia suggests that native Americans contributed a significant level of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere…

A study published in Environmental Research Letters suggests a link between low solar activity and jet streams could explain why regions North East of the Atlantic Ocean might experience more…

The 84 members of the Donner Party, trapped by a Sierra Nevada snowstorm on their way to California, did not resort to cannibalism, according to a new analysis of bones found at their Alder Creek…

Personalized genetics is hot in the news right now, but in fact we're generally terrible at using genotypes to predict who is going to get a disease. One villain here is the phenomenon known as…

SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO, April 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Medivation, Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. today announced publication of positive results from their previously reported Phase 1-2 trial of…

Recent comments on a certain article (hey, what does that green button do?) about the future of neural interface technologies have brought up some valid ethical arguments.  Because I didn't want…

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Petrobras News Agency's website has been redesigned to ease your work. It is now easier to browse, has a simpler look, and new exclusive content for…

LONDON, April 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The UK2 Group (www.uk2group.com), a global leader of web hosting solutions, and Akamai Technologies Limited, part of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (www.akamai.com…

Ethanol is used to make alcohol, distillation of the mixture leads to the isolation of pure ethanol, a good alternative to petrol. there is a debate among ecologists and scientists whether to use…

CO2 As A Greenhouse Gas A greenhouse keeps an air volume warm mainly by enclosing it as fixed volume of air.  From that perspective, the term 'greenhouse gas' is a somewhat unfortunate choice of…