Rachel K Wentz
Scientists are cautiously optimistic about their latest discovery in the quest to determine if life exists or has ever existed on Mars. After analyzing the interior of Martian meteorites, they've discovered a gas that in some cases is tied directly to organic life: methane.
In the world of mobile apps, there are scads that are designed to assist us humans, whether it's helping us fall asleep, treat an ingrown toenail, or keeping track of our bowel movements. Now there's an app that will guide you through the perils of sun exposure.
For decades, paleontologists have quibbled over the absence of herbivorous dinosaurs in equatorial regions during the Late Triassic. Although these giant plant eaters first emerged in the Middle Triassic, some 230 million years ago, their absence in low latitudes persisted for almost 30 million years, even after they had become abundant to the north and south. Now, scientists think they know why.
Welcome news for animal rights advocates - new rules will extend the Endangered Species Act to provide protection, not only to chimpanzees in the wild, but to those in captivity, as well.
On August 18, the Food and Drug Administration is slated to make a decision on whether to approve a controversial new drug, designed to boost women's sex drives. But the issue goes beyond medicine; it's now become an argument over women's rights.
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, June 21 will mark the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the official kickoff of summer. Warmer weather ushers in beachgoers by the thousands and whenever you put humans in the ocean, someone's bound to be bitten.
