TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Kiribati: Vast Marine Reserve Created The tiny island nation of Kiribati, the former Gilbert Islands, declared the world’s largest marine protected area, a 164,200-square-mile ocean wilderness. nytimes.com |
Scientists find hibernating fish in Antarctic LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found an Antarctic fish that hibernates to conserve energy during the long southern winters. feeds.reuters.com |
Stuff of Life (but Not Life Itself) Is Detected on a Distant Planet Astronomers reported Wednesday that they had made the first detection of an organic molecule, methane, in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. nytimes.com |
Vanished: A pueblo mystery in Colorado Scientists what to know why, in the late 13th century, a people called the Anasazi abandoned magnificent settlements of the Colorado Plateau and move south into Arizona and New Mexico? iht.com |
In Lean Times, Biotech Grains Are Less Taboo Governments, consumers and food companies are feeling pressures to relax resistance to genetically engineered crops. nytimes.com |