Evolution continues today, and sometimes we can watch it happening. Researchers in the November 6th edition of the journal Science say that they caught in the act a population of butterflies in Ecuador potentially diverging into two distinct species....
How can you tell the difference between a French baby and a German baby? No, its not that one is wearing a saucy little beret while the other is tucked into tiny pair of lederhosen. Well, maybe thats part of it. But a new study in the journal Current...
That's the sound of clean coal. Well, cleaner coal. A relatively small unit attached to the smokestack at the Mountaineer Power Plant in West Virginia is capturing some 1.5 percent of the carbon dioxide the coal-fired plant would otherwise belch into...
With H1N1 on the rise and flu shots hard to find, few things are as terrifying as [sneeze sound]. But now a report in the journal Psychological Science suggests that coughing and sneezing can spread more than viruses. They also spread fear, of germs...
The other day my 3-year old God son and I were pillow fighting when he sat down, panting, and said with surprise, I can feel my heart beating! Sometimes it takes little kids to remind us just how amazing our bodies are. Scientists believe that an are...
The 12 million Americans with sleep apnea stop breathing for short periods during the night, sometimes hundreds of times. Now a new study finds that a good motivator for some apnea sufferers to get treatment could be improved athletic performance. Be...
