TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| California company claims faster, cheaper gene map WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California company predicts it will soon be able to sequence an entire human gene map in four minutes, for just $1,000. feeds.reuters.com |
Timeline: From the February 26, 1938, issue Evidence of religious head-hunting in ancient Peru, the link between climate and body size, and chest pain tied to obesity. sciencenews.org |
U.N. report: glaciers shrinking at record rates They're not gone yet, but glaciers are shrinking at record rates and many could disappear in the not too distant future, the U.N. Environment Program reported Sunday. Scientists measuring the health of almost 30 glaciers around the w ... english.people.com.cn |
New Evidence of Earliest North Americans WASHINGTON (AP) -- New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known. Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living in Siberia and East Asia, according to a report in Thursday's online edition of the journal Science.... hosted.ap.org |
Beetle outbreak is altering carbon balance in forests An outbreak of mountain pine beetles in British Columbia is doing more than destroying millions of trees: By 2020, the beetles will have done so much damage that the forest is expected to release more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to new research. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |