Robin McKie’s article “Glaciergate was a blunder, but it’s the sceptics who dissemble” (Comment, last week) brings clarity and balance to the debate about climate change science. Yes, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Himalayan glacier projection was wrong, but that doesn’t undermine the rigorous seven-year IPCC process that led to the last assessment report [...]
Laundry detergent manufacturers are rolling out a new generation of products aimed at making cleaning more efficient and environmentally friendly, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS’ weekly n…
Parents who try to teach responsible drinking by letting their teenagers have alcohol at home may be well intentioned, but they may also be wrong, according to a new study in the latest issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Contrary to prevailing wisdom, a new study from plant biologists at UC Davis shows that proteins of the Hsp70 family do indeed chaperone proteins across the membranes of chloroplasts, just as they do for other cellular structures.The findings are publi…
Though parents often have concerns about letting their teens use social media Web sites like Facebook and MySpace, a new study by University of Virginia psychologists suggests that well-adapted youth with positive friendships will use these sites to fu…
The scientists argue that flight originated above, in the trees; such animals would have been glidersA joint team from the University of Kansas and Northeastern University in China says that it has settled the long-standing question of how bird flight …
Whether you support or detest such experiments, it’s important to know if they are well conductedLike many people, you’re possibly afraid to share your views on animal experiments, because you don’t want anyone digging up your grandmother’s grave, or setting fire to your house, or stuff like that. Animal experiments are necessary, they need to [...]
Is unfettered Internet access a fundamental human right? Given their recent — and widely covered — spat with China over censorship laws, Google appears to assert that Internet censorship is an important enough issue to pull out of the People’s …
Singapore scientists’ surprising discovery potentially relevant to cell-therapy-based medicineIn the new issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, Singapore scientists report the surprising discovery that a novel transcription factor, Nr5a2, can replace one…
George Monbiot’s attack on the Welsh assembly government’s decision to pilot a targeted badger cull in west Wales (When our economic interests are at stake, the war on nature resumes, 19 January) paints a false picture of farmers, vets and politicians committed to destroying wildlife.The reality is a commitment to tackling a terrible disease that [...]