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07.11.2015 15:41
Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday
gave the green light to growing
marijuana for recreational use in a
landmark decision that could lead to
legalization in a country with a bloody
history of conflict with drug cartels.
Supporters of reform sparked up joints
to hail the court's decision,...
14.12.2013 14:43
The mysterious Geminid meteor
shower lights the skies of Earth
between 12 and 16 December and is
visible from almost anywhere on the
planet. This year the peak rate is
estimated to be 100-120 meteors per
hour, rivalling the August Perseids,
which are usually the most
spectacular meteor shower of...
14.12.2013 14:39
New research
finds that
hummingbird
species living at
high altitudes have
evolved
hemoglobin with
enhanced oxygen-
binding properties so they can thrive
in oxygen-poor environments. This
enhanced oxygen-binding property is
derived from the same mutations that
arose independently in these...
14.12.2013 14:33
Gender differences have been much
in the news lately. It's a topic that
exerts a powerful attraction,
beguiling scientists and lay people
alike. Are men and women really so
dissimilar that they may as well come
from different planets? And where
there are differences, what are the
causes? Everyone,...
14.12.2013 14:23
It was a summit of sorts, but
certainly not a meeting of minds: at
10am on 19 November, six of
Britain's most eminent climate
change scientists entered a wood-
panelled committee room in the
House of Lords to face the country's
most prominent climate change
sceptic, Lord Lawson.
The scientists had...
14.12.2013 14:20
As we stumble again into the season
of overindulgence – that sacred time
of year when wine, carbs and sofas
replace brisk walks for all but the
most virtuous – a headline in the
(excellent) new online science
magazine Nautilus catches my eye:
"What If Obesity Is Nobody's Fault?"
The article...
14.12.2013 14:06
Two agricultural scientists from
China have been accused of
conspiring to take seeds from a
research facility in Kansas and pass
them to a Chinese delegation visiting
the United States.
At a detention hearing in
Arkansas on Friday, a judge ordered
one of the scientists, Wengui Yan, to
remain in...
14.12.2013 14:05
A woman found dead in a locked
stairwell 17 days after she went
missing from her room at San
Francisco general hospital died
accidentally, probably due to a
chemical imbalance related to
chronic alcohol abuse, the medical
examiner's office has said.
Lynne Spalding, 57, had been
dead for days when...
14.12.2013 14:02
A student carried a shotgun into his
Colorado high school on Friday,
asked for a teacher by name and
then shot two students before killing
himself, law enforcement officers
said.
One student, a teenage girl, was
transported in serious condition to
hospital, from the scene at Arapahoe
High School,...
14.12.2013 13:58
Uruguay became the first country to
legalize the growing, sale and smoking
of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering
social experiment that will be closely
watched by other nations debating
drug liberalization.
A government-sponsored bill approved
by 16-13 votes in the Senate provides
for regulation...