Extinction Threats Worsened By Humans, Says Study

Extinction Threats Worsened By Humans, Says Study

Amphibians, reigning survivors of past mass extinctions, are sending a clear, unequivocal signal that something is wrong, as their extinction rates rise to unprecedented levels, according to a paper…
Can't See?  Maybe Your Hearing Is Going Bad

Can't See? Maybe Your Hearing Is Going Bad

The traditional view of individual brain areas involved in perception of different sensory stimuli, with one brain region involved in hearing and another involved in seeing, has been thrown into…
MicroRNA miR-126 Controls Blood Vessel Development

MicroRNA miR-126 Controls Blood Vessel Development

Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and UCSF have identified a key regulatory factor that controls development of the human vascular system, the extensive network…
Future Forecast - Culture

Future Forecast - Culture

There have been many cultural changes so far in 2008. Some of these changes are in response to the rapid increase in the price of oil and other commodities. Some of these changes have been due to…
Invisibility Cloak Gets A Nanomaterial Boost

Invisibility Cloak Gets A Nanomaterial Boost

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development that…
Of snakes and wives

Of snakes and wives

I guess the residents of Barbados are not as amused as we are about some fame-whoring scientist tripping over a snake they have seen their whole lives and naming it after his spouse. "How dare this…