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 PhysOrg Fri 6 Aug 2010
Genes from sweet pepper to fortify African banana against devastating wilt disease
| In a major breakthrough, crop scientists announced today the successful transfer of green pepper genes to bananas, conferring on the popular fruit the means to resist one of the most devastating dis... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Banana Crop Disease Photos Wikipedia: Banana |
 The Daily Telegraph Fri 6 Aug 2010
It's uncloned meat that worries me the most
A cloned cow is probably considerably safer to eat than an uncloned one, and its milk much safer to drink, writes Simon Heffer. | By Simon Heffer | Published: 3:57PM BST 06 Aug 2010 | Comments No adde... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Cows Food Meat Photos Wikipedia: Meat |
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 Orlando Sentinel Fri 6 Aug 2010
Feds say oil mostly gone from Gulf spill, but some scientists say that's mostly guesswork
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a startling report that some researchers call more spin than science, the government said Wednesday that the mess made by the BP oil spill in... (photo: Creative Commons / Svy123)
Gulf Photos Science Scientists Wikipedia: BP |
 PhysOrg Fri 6 Aug 2010
Planted, unplanted man-made wetlands are similar at year 15, and function as effective carbon sinks
| A 15-year experiment in an outdoor "laboratory" on Ohio State University's campus shows that naturally colonizing wetlands can offer just as many, if not more, ecologic... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Animal Ohio Photos Services Wikipedia: Paddies |
 IRINnews Fri 6 Aug 2010
Analysis: Rethinking sexual violence in DRC
web | KINSHASA, 6 August 2010 (IRIN) - A survey conducted by American scientists among the population of eastern Congo challenges the traditional image of sexual violence... (photo: IRIN / Roberto de Vido)
Africa Conflict Kinshasa Photos Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
 DNA India Fri 6 Aug 2010
Butterflies provide clues on how some species respond to global warming
| By studying two species of butterfly, University of Notre Dame researchers have found evidence of how some species respond to global warming. | Dr Jessica Hellmann and ... (photo: Creative Commons / Meganmccarty)
Butterfly Environment Photos Temperature Wikipedia: Global warming |
 Nashville Tennessean Fri 6 Aug 2010
Scientists optimistic about Gulf's future
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Want to know the future of the oil-stained Gulf of Mexico ecosystem? Look first to its muddy, polluted past. | The recent ecological history of the... (photo: US Coast Guard / Lt. Cmdr. Paul Rooney)
Environment Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Photos Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill |
![Nagasaki (, Nagasaki-shi?) (About this sound listen (helpinfo)) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kysh in Japan. Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the 16th century. It was formerly part of Nishisonogi District. It was a center of Portuguese and European influence in the 16th through 19th centuries. Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. During World War II, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and, to date, last city in the world to be subject to nuclear attack.[1]](http://web.archive.org./web/20100806224108im_/http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/2e/f5af057144338c.jpg){kind=small}
