New data could help Canada stake claim to a highly disputed area of the Arctic seabed
People can see the future
An octopus has only six arms
Ugly Betty will never come out on top
Dogs pick up yawning from their owners
Neanderthals and modern humans shared an ancient ancestor who lived about 660,000 years ago
Elderly people should take probiotic supplements
Only about 20 percent of the energy stored in a car’s gas tank is available to propel the vehicle
The North Pole may be completely ice-free later this summer as global warming melts Arctic ice
Only 4% of the total energy density in the universe can be accounted for
Chlorine is one of the most toxic natural elements
The gingerols in Aframomum are related to the properties in ginger that prevent nausea
The very first organisms to dare engage in sex were more like Adam and Steve than Adam and Eve
The Sun is pretty big; the Moon, however, is not so big
Men are not going extinct
Comets are balls of ice and rock made of debris left over from the formation of the outer planets some 4.6 billion years ago
A human brain is capable of processing an enormous amount of information
The mosquito alone spreads more disease and causes more health problems for more people than any other single entity
Humans may have occupied Oregon’s diverse landscapes for more than 15,000 years
Electromagnetic field hypersensitivity currently affects about 3% of the population
Holbox has the highest concentration of whale sharks in the world
Mosses once grew and insects crawled in what are now barren valleys in Antarctica
A total solar eclipse will occur on August 1, 2008 and it can be witnessed from the entire territory of Vietnam
Meandering streams occur when a flowing river or stream cannot dig its channel any deeper as if it flows over
As the beam containing the song propagates across the universe, the signal could theoretically be picked up by anyone or anything with the right equipment
Kangaroo farts are fighting global warming, thanks to a special bacteria in their stomachs
4,500,000,000 years ago our little planet was born
The latest findings indicate that Earth is warming faster than at any time in the last 10,000 years
The husks of the cocoa beans that chocolate is made from contains an antibacterial agent that fights plaque
A positive outlook is not enough
At least 52 new species of animals and plants have been identified this past year on the island of Borneo
Conservationists should become palm oil farmers themselves
The world’s chocolate supplies are under serious threat
The Mars Phoenix lander uncovers ice
California at the time had the dirtiest air in the nation, and today, 90 percent of Californians still breathe unhealthful air
Wild flowers could provide environmentally friendly biofuel
A daily dose of yummy dark chocolate may help patients suffering from the chronic fatigue syndrome