Canada's information commissioner on Tuesday launched an investigation into allegations that the federal government is muzzling its scientists, a spokeswoman for the commissioner said.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 17

Mountains of hazardous waste left from China's huge phosphate fertiliser industry are polluting nearby communities and waters, the environmental group Greenpeace said in a report on Tuesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The U.S. Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to outpace the available supply in a matter of days, one of the fastest runs on the much-sought-after work permits in years and ...

Technology - Business

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 3

Streaming music services like Pandora online radio are gaining fast among US listeners under age 35, a survey showed Tuesday.

Technology - Internet

Apr 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

A US federal court has dealt a blow to a music website offering sales of "pre-owned" digital music, ruling that it violates copyright law by making illegal reproductions.

Technology - Business

Apr 01, 2013 3.3 / 5 (3) 8

For years, Silicon Valley companies wanted as little to do with Washington as possible. Hiring lobbyists to promote and protect their interests was about as far as they went. But a new generation of technology entrepreneurs ...

Technology - Business

Mar 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

China's wild finless porpoises are heading toward extinction, a conservation group said Thursday, with the dolphin-like animals now rarer than the giant panda.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2

People could learn a lot from vervet monkeys. When vervets need to work together, they don't tell each other what to do or punish uncooperative behavior. But according to evidence reported on March 28 in ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Several footprints believed to be from critically endangered Sumatran rhino have been found on Indonesia's Borneo island, raising hopes for the existence of an animal long thought to be extinct in that area, ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

Thousands of pesticides are allowed onto the US market without rigorous safety testing, putting people, animals and crop pollinators like bees at risk, a US environmental group said Wednesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 4

A newly developed membrane used to separate waste from water could become key in the treatment of pollutants ranging from acid mine drainage to oil-containing wastewater, as well as in processes ranging from desalination ...

Chemistry - Other

Mar 26, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

Bangladesh is to launch a census of tigers next month living in the world's largest mangrove forest in a bid to determine the full extent of the threat to their survival, scientists said on Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —When judging the ethics of an action, most people believe themselves to be fair and impartial. Bad is bad, and greater offenses deserve greater punishment. However, according to research conducted at the University ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The two new suitors pursuing Dell have a message for Wall Street: Don't allow Michael Dell to hoard potential gains from the expansion of the world's third largest PC maker into more profitable technology ...

Technology - Business

Mar 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

"We live in the post-genomic era, when DNA sequence data is growing exponentially", says Miami University (Ohio) computational biologist Iddo Friedberg. "But for most of the genes that we identify, we have no idea of their ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 20, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0