Today's Independent* reports that - "Unesco, the world cultural body, has threatened to humiliate France by placing the Lascaux caves - known as the "Sistine Chapel of prehistory" - on its list of endangered sites of universal importance. "The Unesco
Why is laughing out loud, cheering and booing such a group activity? And why do we spend hours watching almost the same stories on TV again and again? Maybe it is our social brain that makes us do it..
A very well rounded multi institutional and multi organizational study has looked at the status of the world's coral reefs and has found that a third of the species are in danger of rapid extinction. And because corals are so
And quite literally on thin ice. Earlier in the season, a team of polar researchers had established a camp on an ice floe, intending to stay until around September. First, they just couldn't find what they normally use, an ice
In each case one aircraft was cleared to take off on one runway and another was landing on a different runway in the other direction. This aircraft aborted the landing and flew a new trajectory which came dangerously close to
Here's another big change being brought about by high fuel prices: online courses at colleges are enjoying their fastest uptake ever, with the biggest adoption rate being at local community colleges.
This post is coming rather late minute, however I was recently informed by MyUSearch about their summer scholarship. The myUsearch scholarship is due in four days and they only have four applicants! The $1000 scholarship, due July 15th, will be
Spintronics is "Spin based electronics". The idea is to use the electron's spin, as well as it's charge. Hopefully Spintronics will allow us to do more "work" than electronics, with less effort. Spintronics-info is a web site dedicated to bring
