Panel: India must secure elephant reserves
By NIRMALA GEORGE 2010-09-01T01:22:33ZNEW DELHI (AP) -- India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended.... hosted.ap.org |
Fire aided early flowering plants
A study highlights the importance of wildfires in allowing flowering plants to become widespread during the Cretaceous period. bbc.co.uk |
Patient Money: More Turmoil Expected in This Year’s Medicare Signup
The system is changing rapidly, in part because of requirements imposed by the new health care law. In some areas, there will be dozens, even hundreds, of coverage options. feeds.nytimes.com |
Green: 52 Percent of Americans Flunk Climate 101
The results "reflect the unorganized and sometimes contradictory fragments of information" that Americans absorb from the mass media and other sources, the researchers write. feeds.nytimes.com |
First Mention: Birth Control Pills, 1957
Enovid had been used against menstrual disorders since 1957, but May 10, 1960, was when The Times reported its approval as the birth control pill. feeds.nytimes.com |