They Crawl, They Bite, They Baffle Scientists
Ask experts why bedbugs disappeared for 40 years, why they came back, why they don’t spread disease, and you hear one answer: “Good question.” feeds.nytimes.com |
Books of The Times: No. 1 Planet for Alien Tourists
Jon Stewart and his staff explain Earthlings’ ways and mores; and Charles Seife explores the pratfalls and pitfalls of fudging numbers. feeds.nytimes.com |
Greenpeace ends Scots oil rig blockade
Greenpeace ends a blockade of a drilling ship 100 miles off Shetland after oil company Chevron wins a second court order. bbc.co.uk |
Trio wins Nobel for developing key chemistry tool
By MALCOLM RITTER and KARL RITTER 2010-10-06T23:51:38ZNEW YORK (AP) -- A method for building complex molecules has paid off by helping to fight cancer, protect crops and make electronic devices - and now it has earned its developers a Nobel Prize.... hosted.ap.org |
Swiss archaeologists find 5,000-year-old door
By FRANK JORDANS 2010-10-20T21:17:28ZGENEVA (AP) -- Archaeologists in the Swiss city of Zurich have unearthed a 5,000-year-old door that may be one of the oldest ever found in Europe.... hosted.ap.org |