A girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami seven years ago said Friday she broke down in…
Month: December 2011
Real Christmas Trees Save Water
Fake Christmas trees might be convenient and seem eco-friendly at first glance, but their environmental costs—measured in greenhouse gas emissions…
Johanna helps survivors of domestic abuse
Johanna Crawford says the night she witnessed her father almost kill her mother is only one of two things that…
Wasps Can Recognize Faces
Are you one of those people who never forgets a face? You’ve got some company in the animal kingdom—the wasp.…
Brand new island rises from Red Sea depths
Volcanic activity in the Red Sea is causing the formation of a new island in the Zubair archipelago as lava…
First Earth-sized planets spotted
Astronomers have detected the first Earth-sized planets, which are orbiting a star similar to our own Sun. In the distant…
Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia’s Corals
Cyanide fishing and rising water temperatures had decimated corals off Bali until a diver inspired by a German scientist’s pioneering…
New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
We’ve been keeping an eye on efforts to make the dreaded dentist’s drill a thing of the past for some…
She’s a little miracle
The third smallest baby ever to be born and survive is thriving, doctors say, after she entered the world almost…
Dozens call him ‘father’
Kuku Arora sits in his second-floor office in a walk-up building in a crowded neighborhood of New Delhi, India‘s capital.…