Plants, especially some trees under stress, are even better than expected at scrubbing certain chemical pollutants out of the air,…
Month: October 2010
2050 – and immortality is within our grasp
Supercomputers could render the wetware of the human brain redundant. Photograph: Gregor Schuster/Getty ImagesAeroplanes will be too afraid to crash,…
Snub-Nosed Monkey Sneezes When It Rains
A new species of snub-nosed monkey, described in the American Journal of Primatology, has such an upturned nose that it…
New Bubble-Bottom Frog
The poison dart frog Ranitomeya amazonica is one of more than 1,200 new species of plants and vertebrates discovered in…
Mars Rover Spirit Finds Evidence of Water
Stuck in the sands of Mars, the grounded Spirit rover unearthed evidence of subsurface water in the planet’s recent past.…
Flamingos use colourful cosmetics to enhance feather
Flamingos in the wild use pigments as “cosmetics” to enhance the colour of their plumage, according to scientists. Researchers studying…
Coworkers revive man twice
Herb Swift survived a massive heart attack and he has his coworkers to thank for it – twice. “They say…
New polio vaccine more effective in reducing disease
A new vaccine against the polio virus has helped reduce the number of cases by more than 90%. Research published…
Monkey Directs and Creates Her Own Films
, a hot new filmmaker, spends her days on sets adjusting equipment, editing clips, communicating orders and enjoying long lunches.…
Man Returns Home After Receiving Artificial Heart
A man who received an artificial heart through surgery is back and home and doing well, he said. Troy Golden,…