| Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen By SETH BORENSTEIN 2010-09-07T22:15:23ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating "dead zones" where fish cannot survive.... hosted.ap.org |
How flies help homicide detectives Forensic Entomologist Amoret Whitaker of the Natural History Museum explains how the study of the fly's life cycle, can help homicide detectives catch murderers. bbc.co.uk |
Observatory: Neanderthals’ Big Loss in Battle of the Elements Volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago devastated Neanderthals in Western Asia and in Europe, anthropologists report in Current Anthropology. feeds.nytimes.com |
'Ten years' to solve nature loss A UN biodiversity meeting opens in Japan with warnings that the loss of nature is hurting human societies as well as the natural world. bbc.co.uk |
Volcanic vent could hold clues to life SCIENTISTS using a remote-controlled submarine have discovered the world's deepest known volcanic vent and say the super-heated waters inside could contain undiscovered marine species and perhaps even clues to the origin of life on earth. news.com.au |