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Hi Tech & Innovation Mar 17, 2017

Intel deal may fuel Israel's rise as builder of car brains

Intel's $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country's rise in the driverless car industry—not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them.

Earth Sciences Feb 24, 2017

California's rain may shed light on new questions about what causes earthquakes

In recent weeks, California has experienced unusually heavy rainfall. California is also earthquake-prone, hosting the great San Andreas fault zone.

Biotechnology Feb 20, 2017

More lessons from Dolly the sheep—is a clone really born at age zero?

In 1997 Dolly the sheep was introduced to the world by biologists Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut and colleagues. Not just any lamb, Dolly was a clone. Rather than being made from a sperm and an egg, she originated from a mammary ...

Archaeology Jan 24, 2017

Researcher examines plants encased in tar pits to reconstruct ice age ecosystem

For tens of thousands of years, the warm, sticky natural asphalt that occasionally bubbled to the Earth's surface in the area now called Los Angeles was a death sentence for some ice age animals.

Plants & Animals Dec 22, 2016

Odd facts about the giraffe

One of the most under-studied large mammals in Africa, research has shown the giraffe has silently been going extinct, with numbers dropping 40 percent in the past three decades.

Biochemistry Nov 17, 2016

Solving the riddle of putrid camel pee could aid millions affected by sleeping sickness

Biochemists from Trinity College Dublin have solved an old mystery as to the cause of especially smelly camel urine, with implications for the millions of people affected by African parasites called trypanosomes. These parasites ...

Earth Sciences Nov 14, 2016

Rip in crust drives undersea volcanism, says study

Scientists analyzing a volcanic eruption at a mid-ocean ridge under the Pacific have come up with a somewhat contrarian explanation for what initiated it. Many scientists say undersea volcanism is triggered mainly by upwelling ...

Social Sciences Nov 7, 2016

Ill-treatment and working the night shift increases nurse turnover

Workplace incivility, characterised by subtle forms of mistreatment (such as a dismissive gesture, raised voices or harsh words) can lead to lower job satisfaction, psychological stress, and a decline in physical health. ...

Ecology Nov 2, 2016

Looking for dangerous pathogens in rural Mongolia

The fortified Toyota Land Cruiser slipped and bounced in the muddy hollows of the rain-drenched Mongolian steppe. The driver, a native Mongolian man named Inka who spoke little English, slowly engineered the vehicle along ...

Ecology Oct 18, 2016

Bushmeat hunting threatens mammal populations and ecosystems, poses food security threat

The ongoing decline of more than 300 species of animals is having significant environmental impacts and posing a food security threat for millions of people in Asia, Africa and South America, according to the first global ...

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