It's An Ecological Crisis, Stupid

"Climate Change and Global Warming are only symptoms of the ecological crisis created by the fordist production models of capitalism. Climate change is just one of the many symptoms exhibited by a planet under pressure from human activities. "Global environmental...

Capitalism Creates Global Warming

"I don't often agree with the right wing flat earth society of climate change and global warming deniers, but in this case I will. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), report issued today in Paris is a prime example of deliberate obfustication of the...

Rodent Discovered in 1999 Makes News Today

"The news reports state that this is a new discovery, impying recent, as in this year or late last year. Yet this little fella was first discovered in 1999. Not to recent. Lets see counting on my fingers that is eight years ago. And it is only making headlines today. A...

Chicago 10th-graders trace ancestry through DNA

"Sixteen-year-old Diamond Howard is learning about world history, anthropology, sociology and biology using a one-of-a-kind tool: her own DNA."

Synthetic Biology and Gene Synthesis

Advances in synthetic biology: on the path from prototypes to applications.

Australia ZOO puts Humans on Display

An Australian zoo has put a group of humans on display to raise awareness about primate conservation -- with the proviso that they don't get up to any monkey business. Over a month, the humans will be locked in an unused orang-utan cage at Adelaide zoo, braving the searing...

Australia ZOO puts Humans on Display

An Australian zoo has put a group of humans on display to raise awareness about primate conservation -- with the proviso that they don't get up to any monkey business. Over a month, the humans will be locked in an unused orang-utan cage at Adelaide zoo, braving the searing...

Montserrat Volcano Shoots Ash Cloud 5 miles

The Soufriere Hills volcano, which has been erupting for the past 11 years, shot a cloud of ash more than 5 miles (8 kilometers) into the sky on Monday, and authorities warned that more significant activity is possible in coming days.The blast, accompanied by...

50 Things We Know Now (That We Didn't Know This Time Last Year) 2006 Edition

You know how it is. You go through life thinking you've got your head wrapped around the world and all of its knowable information. Then one day you read that since 2005, scientists have discovered more than 50 new species of animals and plants on the Southeast Asian island...

Engineered Yeast Speeds Ethanol Production, Work Could Boost Supply Of Biofuel

"MIT scientists have engineered yeast that can improve the speed and efficiency of ethanol production, a key component to making biofuels a significant part of the U.S. energy supply. MIT professor of chemical engineering Gregory Stephanopoulos (left), postdoctoral associate...

City Life Speeds Up Birdsong

"People love to joke about how big-city life makes people talk faster, walk faster, and generally stress out. But according to a study in this month's issue of Current Biology, the urban environment also turbocharges birds. "