Continued Decline of World’s Glaciers
By Krishna Rau
It's not news that many of the world's glaciers have been shrinking for years, probably as a result of global warming. But the situation got notably worse this summer, as the deadly European...read more
Man Flies Across Channel Using Suit
By Krishna Rau
An Austrian extreme sports fanatic crossed the English channel in an unpowered flight in July, wearing only a specially adapted suit with a wing-like carbon fin on the back...read more
Bioprospecting + Biopiracy
By Krishna Rau
It's long been known that the future of medicine, and possibly of the entire world's health, probably lies in the plants of the jungles, rainforests and deserts. But with the growing attempts of pharmaceutical companies to patent these plants...read more
Ring me up sometime
By Krishna Rau
Not that cellphones need any more selling points, but they’re now being used to trap leopards in India that venture too close to villages...read more
Little Shrimp, Big Problems
By Krishna Rau
When a shrimp is named the bloody red mysid, you know it isn’t destined to be a cocktail appetizer. In fact, the bloody red mysid, or Hemimysis anomala, is the latest foreign intruder to invade the Great Lakes, and it could turn out to be one of the deadliest...read more
Put it in the Vault
By Krishna Rau
The government of Norway is scheduled to begin work this year on a $3 million “seed vault,” which will hold around three million varieties of seeds in safety...read more
Sleep Not Science
By Krishna Rau
A sloth named Mats in Jena, Germany, lived up to every stereotype of his species this year by being too lazy to take part in a scientific experiment...read more
Virgin Births
By Krishna Rau
In nature, necessity truly is the mother of invention, and apparently, a father isn’t always necessary. On January 24, 2007, an eight-year-old Komodo dragon named Flora...read more
New Seven Wonders
By Krishna Rau
The Seven Wonders of the World are well-known to most people, although few of us could actually name each monument...read more
Green Swedes
By Krishna Rau
Sweden has set ambitious new energy standards that show how seriously it takes environmental issues. “Our dependency on oil should be broken by 2020,” said Mona Sahlin, Sweden’s minister of sustainable development...read more
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