Two studies on bee evolution reveal surprises

Biology /

Dec 09, 2006 | 4.1 / 5 (20) | 0

The discovery of a 100-million-year old bee embedded in amber -- perhaps the oldest bee ever found -- "pushes the bee fossil record back about 35 million years," according to Bryan Danforth, Cornell associate professor of ...

Scientists offer new model for forecasting the likelihood of an earthquake

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 09, 2006 | 3.9 / 5 (11) | 0

In assessing the probability of an earthquake, scientists rely on two important pieces of data that are often inconsistent. The past geological record sometimes tells one story, while current measurements from the Global ...

Breast-feeding overcomes a genetic tendency toward ear infections, scientists discover

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 09, 2006 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

Breast-feeding protects children otherwise made susceptible to ear infections by abnormalities in specific human genes, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered.

Researcher pleads guilty to taking fees

Medicine & Health / Other

Dec 09, 2006 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

A U.S. scientist working on Alzheimer's has pleaded guilty to accepting consulting fees and travel expenses from a drug manufacturer without proper approval.