Old media news groups that have put up news websites have had inconsistent success due to factors like the costs of moderation and the inconsistent quality of their user-generated content (UGC). As…

In The Big Bang and the Birth of Culture, we talked about the beginning of culture long before what anthropologists had previously assumed. In Supersynchrony And The Evolution Of Mass Culture, we…

One thing has long been clear. Not thinning forests has been a disaster for the environment. Groups normally at loggerheads have reached a consensus on responsible forest management and it…

A team of researchers at the University of Alberta, including a scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, have discovered a gene that is able to block HIV, and thought to in turn prevent the onset…

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as a defense against lentiviruses, the group of viruses that includes HIV. The study suggests that…

NEW YORK, February 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - First European Rare Disease Day highlights impact on people affected by rare diseases European Rare Disease Day -- The first ever European Rare Disease Day…

FARMINGDALE, New Jersey, February 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Dialight Corporation has joined forces with two of North America's leading manufacturers in the transit bus and motor coach market, Hadley and…

SAO PAULO, Brazil, February 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) applauds today's remarks by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke favoring a reduction in…

On Feb. 13, 2008, the president signed a $168 billion stimulus package designed to give $300, $600 or $1,200 checks to more than 100 million Americans. It was the second time in seven years that…

Dr. Cynthia Bulik, William R. and Jeanne H. Jordan Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders at the University of North Carolina, spoke forcefully at yesterday's US Congressional Briefing…