The Bush administration has proposed allowing ethanol plants to send more hazardous air pollutants into the air. Is this a practical attempt to increase domestic production of alternative fuel sources? The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a…
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Love to visit the Yellowstone National Park, or are you planning to make a visit recently? But, do you know, once you are there, you are standing directly on top of the largest, most dynamic magmatic system on the planet!? Relax. It won’t be erupting…
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A plague wracked Athens from 426 to 430 B.C. and eventually led to the city’s fall. The ancient medical mystery behind it has eventually been solved by DNA analysis, researchers say. According to a new study, the ancient Athenians died from typhoid…
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The Tasmanian devil is reportedly the most powerful biter alive today. To add to it, its bit e causes facial cancer, which is spreading fast. It is to the extent that scientists now fear the disease getting transferred in tooth-baring combat.
For ten.
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There is much in common between human and a sea lion, an otter, or a manatee. The health of these ocean animals might be relevant to your own! According to scientists, marine mammals are often indicators of environmental problems such as disease-causing..
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It is a serious bother for farmers with Mormon crickets’ capable of devouring their way across 50 miles (80 kilometers) of farmland, and that too in a single season! Mormon crickets are close relatives of locusts and grasshoppers.
But, why…
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The forthcoming smoking bans in Britain have been criticized by British American Tobacco as it reported a 9% rise in underlying profits. The bans are called by BAT, the world’s second largest tobacco firm after Philip Morris.
The ban will come into…
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It was more than 30 millions years ago; ancient spiders were trapped in amber. Scientists at The University of Manchester and the Manchester Metropolitan University have carried out the first comparative scientific study on it. Fossilized spiders from..
Ecology of 30 Million Year Old Spiders Trapped in Amber Revealed Read More »
It is disappointing that deforestation in the Amazon continuing at a rapid pace. But, a recent study provides with some hope. It is that reserves of all types are providing significant Amazon forest protection, but tribal lands may be especially…
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Soft drinks are found to have traces of a carcinogenic chemical. And it is at eight times the level permitted in drinking water, as revealed recently.
Tests have been conducted in Britain and France on 230 drinks on sale. And these have…
Soft Drinks Cause Cancer! Read More »