Oct 18 2010

Time to Save Life on Earth: UN

Tag: Biodiversity,Coral Reefs,Earth,Humans,Jungle,Mass Extinction,Nature,PlantsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 2:44 am
Members of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity are meeting to discuss strategies to reverse a man-made mass extinction.

Oct 14 2010

Tornado Tourism on the Rise

A new sub-genre of adventure tourism puts vacationers in a front row seat for one of the most deadly natural forces on the planet.

Oct 14 2010

Tornado Tourism on the Rise

A new sub-genre of adventure tourism puts vacationers in a front row seat for one of the most deadly natural forces on the planet.

Sep 13 2010

Artificial Skin Offers Robots, Amputees Sense of Touch

Biotech wizards have engineered electronic skin that can sense touch, in a major step towards next-generation robotics and prosthetic limbs.

Sep 08 2010

Millions of Migrating Birds Heading to Oil

Birds from Canada are ready to head south, and are in for a deadly shock when they reach still fouled Gulf Coast.

Sep 07 2010

Looking to Leaves for Solar Technology

Tag: Carbon Nanotubes,Electricity,Life Science,Nature,Plants,The SunDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 8:53 pm
Leaves provide scientists with clues to help solar cells regenerate.

Aug 11 2010

Chunk of Original Earth Found

Tag: Earth,Islands,Lava,Meteorites,Nature,Plate TectonicsLarry O'Hanlon @ 5:00 pm
A piece of pristine, hot rock from the earliest years of Earth's formation is found in northern Canada.

Aug 03 2010

Plants ‘Cry Wolf’ to Fool Aphids

Researchers tweak a plant so it rings its aphid alarm bell all the time - so the insects start to ignore it.

Aug 02 2010

Should We Feed Wild Bears?

Wildlife advocates are feeding wild bears to stop the animal's confrontations with humans.

Jul 16 2010

Why is the Moon Bigger at the Horizon?

Tag: Astronomy,Nature,Sight,The MoonMark Thompson @ 1:19 am
Is it an astronomical phenomenon or is your brain being duped by an optical illusion?

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