Discovery of a Water Snake That Startles Fish in a Way That Makes Them Flee Into its Jaws

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Desert Dust Alters Ecology of Colorado Alpine Meadows

Unlike Rubber Bands, Molecular Bonds May Not Break Faster When Pulled

All Shook Up

CO2 Higher Today Than Last 2.1 Million Years : Study Offers Detailed Look at Past Greenhouse Gas Levels

Researchers Putting a Freeze on Oscillator Vibrations

University of Oregon work could boost quantum information processing, allow more precise measurements. Hailin Wang, a member of the Oregon Center for Optics and a professor in the UO physics department, and his doctoral student Young-Shin Park performed the research under grants from the National Science Foundation and Army Research Laboratory through the Oregon.

Stream of Sand Behaves Like Water

Algae : A New Way to Make Biodiesel

Newly Uncovered Enzymes Turn Corn Plant Waste into Biofuel

CORN STOVER: The remnants (or 'stover') of corn after it's harvested can be a good source of biofuel, especially when combined with the right enzymes.
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/ROYALBROIL

Large 2009 Gulf Of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Predicted

Mississippi dead zone in 2004. This year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" could be one of the largest on record, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the health of a half-billion-dollar fishery. (Credit: Photo courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio)

Scientists Bring 'Light' To Moon's Permanently Dark Craters

Cold Case Techniques Bring Mummy’s Face To 'Life'

Avoiding Catastrophes

It is easy to destroy an ecosystem but difficult to rebuild it

Scientists Create First Comprehensive Computer Model of Sunspots

Sudden Collapse in Ancient Biodiversity : Was Global Warming the Culprit?

Rich Countries and Climate Change : Hot, Wet and Costly

Protein that Triggers Plant Cell Division Revealed by Researchers

Advance in Understanding Cellulose Synthesis

Exploring High-Temperature Superconductivity and the Pseudogap

Using both scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and angle-resolved photo-electron spectroscopy (ARPES) gives researchers a more complete understanding of high-temperature superconducting materials. STM can show actual atoms on the material's surface. ARPES uses the photoelectric effect by aiming a beam of light (photons) at the material's surface. The photons excite atoms in the material, causing them to eject electrons, which are then captured by a detector. The momentum (speed and direction) of the ejected electrons give researchers information about the momentum of electrons inside the material.

Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation

Betelgeuse, Red Supergiant In Constellation Orion, Has Shrunk By 15 Percent In 15 Years

Common Fish Species Has Ability To Learn

Shuttle Launch Derailed Again by Hydrogen Leak

Meteorite Grains Divulge Earth's Cosmic Roots

Pacific Volcano Blows Top, Grounds Flights

Sarychev Peak : Location: 48.1N, 153.2E
Elevation: 4906 feet (1496 m)
Sarychev Peak, a stratovolcano, is the most active volcanoes in the Kurile Islands. Sarychev Peak erupted at least 14 times between 1765 and 1989. The largest eruption (VEI=4) was in 1924. Most eruptions are moderate to moderate-large (VEI=2-3) and explosive. An eruption in 1960, the last major eruption, produced a 3 mile (5 km) high ash cloud. An eruption in 1964 lasted only 6 minutes.

Different Genes Cause Loss of Body Parts in Similar Fish

Global Warming Can Impact Monsoons and Lower Crop Production

International Year of Astronomy

Seven Deadly 'Shrooms

DON'T EAT ME: Some of the world's most toxic mushrooms look dangerously similar to those harvested for food--or recreation.
TAYLOR LOCKWOOD

What Are the Chances That Earth Will Collide With Mars, Mercury, or Venus?

Study Shows Animal Mating Choices More Complex Than Once Thought

Arctic Tundra May Contribute to Warmer World

The Secret of a Snake's Slither

Brain Cells for Socializing

John Allman (with colleague Atiya Hakeem at Caltech examining elephant brain specimens) is searching for one of the biological keys to human behavior.

Home

Nous vivons une période cruciale. Les scientifiques nous disent que nous avons 10 ans pour changer nos modes de vie, éviter d'épuiser les ressources naturelles et empêcher une évolution catastrophique du climat de la Terre.

Il faut que chacun participe à l'effort collectif et c'est pour sensibiliser le plus grand monde que j'ai conçu le film HOME.

Afin de diffuser ce film le plus largement possible, il fallait qu'il soit gratuit. Un mécène, le groupe PPR, a permis qui le soit. EuropaCorp, qui en assure la distribution, s'est engagé à ne faire aucun bénéfice car HOME n'a aucune ambition commerciale.

J'aimerais que ce film devienne aussi votre film. Partagez-le. Et agissez.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Anthropology

Evolution Of Modern Humans

Charles Darwin And The Tree Of Life - Sir David Attenborough

Charles Darwin And The Tree Of Life - Sir David Attenborough

Off the Radar Screen

Earth History: Rocks & Paleo Earth

Calling Earth From the Air

World Environment Day 2009 : WED

Mars Orbiter Enters Safe Mode After Disturbance

Impact of Climate Change on Region 'Will be Disastrous'

Source: Arab Forum for Environment and Development
This year's theme is "Your Planet needs You! Unite to combat climate change".

Engineered Circuits Can Count Cellular Events

Rare Radio Supernova in Nearby Galaxy is Nearest Supernova in Five Years

A Hubble Space Telescope image (left) of the galaxy M82 shows hydrogen gas (red) breaking out from the central starburst (box), a region of intense star formation. A May 2008 VLA image of the starburst region (top left) clearly shows the supernova (SN 2008iz), which probably exploded in January 2008. The two high-resolution VLBA images (lower right) show an expanding shell at the scale of a few light days and proves that the transient source was the result of a supernova. (Milde Science Communication; HST image: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team [STScI/AURA]; Radio images: A. Brunthaler, MPIfR)

The Abyss: Deepest Part of the Oceans No Longer Hidden

Slide Show: Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008

What Happens When Lightning Strikes an Airplane?

Greenhouse-Gas Emissions : Europe Trims Emissions