Hilbert mourns hit-and-run victim

"Hilbert mourns hit-and-run victim By Jay Rey News Staff Reporter The students gathered around a young flowering pear tree, freshly planted next to a pond, in memory of...

Michelle de Kretser: The urban jungle

Good interview with Michelle de Kretser - anyone not yet familiar with her work might feel like trying some out after reading this well written interview by Boyd Tonkin"The best stories lodge in the memory and...

Found: 100 million-year-old bee

Read what all the buzz is about. Bzzzz........"A scientist has found a 100 million-year-old bee trapped in amber, making it possibly the oldest bee ever found."

Trapped in Amber: Oldest Bee DNA generates a buzz

From BBC News (UK): Scientists have identified the oldest known bee (Melittosphex burmensis), a 100 million-year-old specimen preserved in amber.The discovery coincides with the publication of the genetic...

Global Warming & Ice Meltdown in North America

Submarine sonar measurements indicate that ice thickness has decreased by 4 feet over the last 40 years. Satellite measurements indicate that the area of ice cover has decreased by 7% per decade over the last 30 years.

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