Laws banning marriage between first cousins are based on outdated assumptions about a high degree of genetic risk for offspring and should be repealed, according to a population genetics expert. In…

In 3.5 billion years, life on earth went from single microscopic cells to giant sequoias and blue whales. Scientists have now documented quantitatively that the increase in maximum size of organisms…

Coturnix at ScienceBlogs.com had an interesting post yesterday on part of the reason they (Science Blogs)  do things the way they do them and the way he says more science writers should - shock…

NEW YORK, December 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ContourGlobal today announced that ContourGlobal Togo, its wholly owned subsidiary, has signed a US$146 million non-recourse financing agreement with the…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, December 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract to upgrade weather and navigation radar systems on Iraqi Air Force C-130…

BIELEFELD, Germany, December 22 /PRNewswire/ -- - Getting Into the Swing With Germany's New Golf Legend - Cross Reference: Picture is Distributed via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be…

Beware: green chemistry is soon to serve you green wines. And in boxes, too. Once I read in Chemical and Engineering News a list of the chemicals in either red or white wines. I remember thinking "…

SAN DIEGO, December 22 /PRNewswire/ -- - Former BP executive to advance commercialization of green crude With 'green energy' a priority topic in homes around the globe, and on President-elect Obama'…

ATLANTA, December 22 /PRNewswire/ -- **Further Enhances Protection for Clearing Members and Ability to Clear Additional Asset Classes** IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of…

LONDON, December 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 Frost Sullivan Zambian Hospital Medical Equipment Customer Service Leadership Award is presented to the CK Scientific Group Zambia Ltd. in recognition…