Large numbers of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to feast on krill late into the austral autumn, long after scientists thought their annual migrations to distant breeding grounds ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2012
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Water pollution from surface coal mining has degraded more than 22 percent of streams and rivers in southern West Virginia to the point they may now qualify as impaired under state criteria, according to a new study by scientists ...
Environment
Jul 30, 2012
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Your best chance to see a female athlete endorsing a product will be during the next few weeks. The Olympics' commercial breaks may be littered with female swimmers, runners and gymnasts, but don't expect to see them much ...
Economics & Business
Jul 30, 2012
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The notion that women and children are rescued first during a shipwreck is a myth, scientists said Monday after analyzing 18 maritime disasters that show men generally save themselves.
Social Sciences
Jul 30, 2012
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Over 500 million people are on micro-blogging site Twitter and Americans and Brazilians are the most connected, according to a study by social media monitor Semiocast released Monday.
Internet
Jul 30, 2012
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The Later Stone Age emerged in South Africa more than 20,000 years earlier than previously believed -- about the same time humans were migrating from Africa to the European continent, says a new international study led by ...
Archaeology
Jul 30, 2012
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Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand.
Materials Science
Jul 30, 2012
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University of British Columbia and Harvard researchers have provided visual evidence that atmospheric particles -- which are ubiquitous in the atmosphere, especially above densely populated areas -- separate into distinct ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2012
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The once-sexy iPhone is starting to look small and chubby. That's become a problem for Apple, which revealed last week that iPhone sales have slowed. Part of the problem is that the competition has found a formula that works: ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 30, 2012
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A team of researchers from the University of Bristol, Natural History Museum of London, the University of Missouri and Ohio University has discovered the eating habits of Diplodocus using a three-dimensional model of the ...
Archaeology
Jul 30, 2012
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