Tai Shan [pronounced ‘ty shawn’] who become hugely popular after his birth at Washington’s National Zoo is due to leave for China in early 2010 for breeding. Scheduled to leave […]
Read MoreDecision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp
Officials are considering closing a vital Chicago shipping waterway temporarily as they try to stop the increasingly invasive Asian carp from making their way to the Great Lakes. Cameron Davis, […]
Read MoreChina seeks laws to protect polluted lakes: state media
Speaking at the 13th World Lake Conference, Chen Zhili, one of China’s top legislators, called for special laws to put a stop to the pollution of the nation’s lakes. In […]
Read MoreNew Dinosaur Built Like a Sherman Tank
Bill and Kris Parsons, a husband and wife team of paleontologists, from the Buffalo Museum of Science in New York have discovered a new species of dinosaur. They spotted the […]
Read MoreHuge Galaxy Cluster Hints at Universe’s Skeleton
Light may have been shed on the on the underlying skeleton of the cosmos, as an unknown set of gigantic galaxies in the distant universe has been found. “Matter is […]
Read MoreTaiwan coral reefs need 100 years to recover: scientists
Coral reefs off Taiwan’s coast have been severely damaged in the wake of Typhoon Morakot, requiring a hundred year recovery period as cited by one scientist. The deadly typhoon which […]
Read MoreNASA Probe Zooms by Mercury in Last Flyby
A NASA probe zoomed by Mercury on Tuesday and managed to take pictures of the planet’s unchartered regions. The MESSENGER probe flew just 142 miles above Mercury at its closest […]
Read MoreMany support $100 billion a year on climate change
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said that many world leaders are supportive of the proposal that would earmark a staggering $100 billion per year over the next decade for […]
Read MoreEarthquakes and Tsunamis: How They Work
Earthquakes and tsunamis often go hand-in-hand. Tsunamis are generated when chunks of the planets crust separate under the ocean floor causing an earthquake. It can travel over the surface of […]
Read MoreCosmic Rays Hit 50-Year High
New data from a NASA spacecraft indicates that Galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high. This year, cosmic ray intensities have increased 19% beyond figures recorded in […]
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